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" When you reach a level of status - and making it to college is an accomplishment in itself - you are trying to define who you are. "

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" The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the world do them - but it's easy to hide behind a joke. I kind of feel like when you have to face things, and you don't have humor, it becomes very vulnerable; it exposes your deepest and darkest fears in some aspects. "

" I want to start really developing more on the film side. "

" At my core, I'm shy. "

" I think that's the key to any artistic endeavor: You want it to feel fresh and not have people look at it like it's re-creation of something else unless it's done in a really strong way. "

" I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. "

" As a creative, you have to be your truest form. You can't worry about fitting into whatever boxes people want to put you in. "

" Of all the 'Black-ish' characters, Zoey is most like my daughter, who goes to U.S.C. "

" For me, it was important to keep my name in 'mainstream Hollywood.' "

" No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. "

" You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get through the bad times with someone. "

" Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times. "

" And I feel like, as a black man within black culture, I know very well firsthand - as do my parents and my grandparents and great-grandparents - we're used to things not going our way. "

" I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why. He was a man who possibly did some really bad things, and he should be punished beyond a doubt. But that show, and the impact it had not just on black culture, but culture, was amazing. "

" I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. "

" After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it was this really, really difficult time for me. "

" I want to make sure I don't leave any money for my kids, so I'm going to spend it all on clothes. "

" Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to happen or not about to happen - that is an amazing amount of pressure to have. "

" No one's pro-police brutality. "

" I love Donald Glover. "

" I'm doing another pilot about a black Democratic pundit who's married to a white Republican pundit. And the purpose of me wanting to do that show - and ABC sort of supported me in the way they did - is because I feel like, you know, the political system is like an old married couple. "

" 'Black-ish' is a show that has spoken to all different types of people and brought them closer as a community, and I'm so proud of the series. "

" When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times arose in my own relationship, I wasn't prepared and felt so isolated and alone. Marital issues weren't a part of the narrative that television told me was a 'working relationship.' "

" I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more inclusive. "

" I don't know Channing Dungey well, but we have talked several times, and she seems like an amazing executive. "

" My kids are nothing like I remember black kids being when I was a kid. "

" My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name. "

" Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line was good when you wrote it, it's fantastic when it comes out of their mouth. "

" I know a lot for me, personally, the best moments have come from watching my kids have an experience I never thought about as a kid but then remembered as a parent. "

" My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort of changed all of our lives and moved us from, what we say, 'ashy to classy' in some aspects. "

" I'm a huge fan of writing for people rather than writing and then trying to wedge people in. I'd love to know who the people are before I can write for them. For me, it's a much more organic way to create characters. "