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" Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. "

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" People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves. "

" In my career, I'm always trying to do something different. "

" I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative? "

" Any voting group has an interest that they want from politicians. That's why politicians have to talk to different people. But to reduce the black interest to free stuff is so insulting. It just makes me apoplectic. "

" I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles. "

" When you have somebody like a Donald Trump - he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama's Americanism in trying to make him out to be some foreigner that was born in Kenya. I thought that to be very racist. "

" When most people become president, even if you disagree with their ideology, you can still agree that they would have the competence to run something... With Trump, I do not have the confidence of that at all. "

" Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100. "

" I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic. "

" I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave. "

" As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that. "

" My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures. "

" We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy. "

" My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad. "

" It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody. "

" My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too? "

" I'm not really a self-promoter-type person. "

" I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it. "

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" Not everybody's gonna get your vision. "

" I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate. "

" I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. "

" Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well. "

" I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. "

" I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you. "

" You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way. "

" I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.'' "

" I just believe what I believe. "

" My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California. "