Quotes from Jessica Williams

I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.

Allison Jones, a big casting director out there, was like, 'They're casting 'The Daily Show' right now - you should submit a tape.' I remember leaving school to go shoot an audition.

There are a lot of podcasters that are females of color. And I think that we should be allowed to tell a very specific kind of story. And if you don't like it, you don't like it. But if you do, enjoy the tea! Sip that tea.

When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'

The popularity of '2 Dope Queens' just showed there was like a hunger for new stories because we have alternative comics on our show that wouldn't normally be featured on, like, a white guy's comedy show.

I'm always thinking about what a black lady would think about what I'm doing, just because I feel like they have such great taste, mostly because as black women, we've spent a lot of time downloading what a white male narrative is, so in my head, I'm like, 'If a black woman likes it, if she responds to it, then it's probably pretty damn great.'

As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.

I was always told that I acted too white. I was always told that I was going to date a white guy - which, in fairness, was true: I do have a white boyfriend. So they weren't entirely wrong, but all of those things were really damaging.

Me and Cate Blanchett have the same job, technically.

I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.

I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.

I think it's really progressive to talk about race in relationships. I think there is so much room for that, and there needs to be more of it.

I love relationships; they fascinate me.

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

Don't try to fix anyone, especially not a dude. They're not going to change.

I had to get used to seeing Samantha Bee around. I had to get used to seeing Jon, like, getting a bagel, and to John Oliver, and all these people whom I had seen on TV. Colbert would sometimes drop by. I had to get used to being a part of this multiple-Emmy-winning machine and being this 22-year-old black girl who was really green.

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

Thankfully, I already have a mogul I can pattern myself after: Oprah. We're a lot alike. I'm black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I'm more relatable.

There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.

I enjoy romantic comedies in general. I like them when they're bad, I like when they're good.

I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.

I always feel like I'm warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness - which is the opposite of whiteness.