Quotes from Larry Wilmore

Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.

Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.

I really love storytelling.

The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?

You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.

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.

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

I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.

The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.

Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know?

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.