Obviously, I love Steph Curry. I think he's dope and a really cool player to watch.

The reason I get so excited about 'Master of None' is because it's showing people of color as regular people.

My family still lives in Chicago: my mother, my sister, my nephew, my family is there. So even though I am not living there, I feel very close to it, and I visit very often.

Being on Netflix lets us be experimental. We can do crazy things.

Maybe some young girl seeing me on the Emmy stage may have meant something for them.

I'm queen of mentorship.

It's always been my intention to never be boxed in. I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.

I'm a big sneaker head.

It's interesting how things you hear as a kid take on a whole new meaning when you are an adult.

I remember going to 'The Wood' and leaving my friend and my mom, who I came with, to go sit in the front row because I was so excited.

I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

I think once 'Empire' hit, there was a lot of bad black TV that followed, because we work in the business of hit-seekers and copycats, so they're like, 'Oh this is a show about black people; this is about music, OK let's do a version of that.' And, of course, it doesn't work because it's not organic.

I never had everything I wanted, but I never wanted for anything.

I'm a big believer in writing really good dialogue.

I think, to me, I always want to tell the truth. I never want to sugarcoat things. I've never been accused of pulling punches.

It was a symbolic moment when 'Moonlight' literally took the Oscar out of 'La La Land's' hand.

I loved 'The Wizard Of Oz.' It was, like, you know how some kids, they're crying, and they put on - people put on 'Frozen' to get them to chill and just be quiet? For my family, it was 'The Wizard Of Oz.' They would literally tell babysitters, if she gets - like, if she starts misbehaving or she starts acting crazy, just put 'The Wizard Of Oz' on.

There's something specific about Chicagoans, and I just felt like I'd love to tell their story in a creative way. Not in a way to go, 'Oh, Chicago's perfect.' I don't believe that. I don't think that. I know we have our issues.

People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.

Queer black characters have been the sidekick for long enough. It's time for us to finally take the lead.

People can say what they want about a person, but if you're successful and you make them money, then people don't care.

Somebody could look at me and go, 'She's dressed black,' or 'She's behaving in the stereotypical way of a black lesbian.' But this is how I feel most comfortable. This is my authentic self. I want the freedom to be that regardless of how someone interprets it.

I feel like I've accomplished a lot, but for me, it's about pushing to the point where I can be Mark Walhberg, Ryan Murphy, or Shonda Rhimes. I want to be at that table in terms of bringing new voices in.

I don't want to be white. I don't want to be straight. I don't want to blend in.