My favorite sitcom of all time is 'Cheers.' That's a perfect example of how, like, people made fun of Cliff, but you… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Society is completely unreasonable. People want everything and want to pay for nothing. They panic if they think about their taxes being… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven. — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
My favorite TV show of all time is 'The Wire,' which has the feeling of a project-based show. You draw in people… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
You can't achieve anything entirely by yourself. There's a support system that is a basic requirement of human existence. To be happy… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
There's going to be a lot of people that don't like you, and there's nothing you can do about it. Instead of… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
As a viewer of TV shows, I always like shows more when I just feel like the people in charge have a… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
My main qualm about TV criticism has been when people review TV the way they review movies. They watch the pilot, and… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Every city, every town, every region in USA has these weird things - the way they pronounce words, or what they call… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
People think of taxes as money just being robbed from you. They don't consider the benefits of paying taxes. The benefits that… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
With mockumentaries, the conceit is that the characters are being interviewed, so you can start a scene and cut to a character… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
The news is a public service. It's a way to inform people of what's going on in their world. And when you… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
It's all about media culture and people on television, and that feeling comfortable, friendly, or warm toward a candidate [in the elections]… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
A million years ago, when doing research about the world of municipal government, one thing that struck me is how often people's… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Despite the insanity of using whether you would want to have a beer with someone as a legitimate reason for voting for… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
I personally think the best ideas for TV shows - at least comedies - are very low-fi ideas. High concepts often sell pitches in… — Michael Schur Copy Share
You really don't settle on an idea until you're really sure it's the best idea. Then once you settle on it you commit to… — Michael Schur Copy Share
A million years ago, when doing research about the world of municipal government, one thing that struck me is how often people's job titles… — Michael Schur Copy Share
You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think there's something… — Michael Schur Copy Share
Sometimes you've got to just commit to the idea and press forward and trust that you made the right decision. — Michael Schur Copy Share
People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven. — Michael Schur Copy Share
I find Billy Eichner to be hilarious, though I also imagine that for many, a little goes a long way. Billy provides a kind… — Michael Schur Copy Share
I am of the opinion that there is more high-quality television being produced than at any time in the history of television. — Michael Schur Copy Share
People think of taxes as money just being robbed from you. They don't consider the benefits of paying taxes. The benefits that they get… — Michael Schur Copy Share
All of comedy at some level is trial-and-error, whether it's a stand-up trying out jokes or a comedy show trying stories. — Michael Schur Copy Share
I stopped using Twitter for a while just because I got sick of it and I started using it again, but I don't check… — Michael Schur Copy Share
Society is completely unreasonable. People want everything and want to pay for nothing. They panic if they think about their taxes being raised, but… — Michael Schur Copy Share
I hate this phrase, but it's a "can do" attitude [that's important] that, whatever you do in life, you should have. — Michael Schur Copy Share
![“There's going to be a lot of people that don't like you, and there's nothing you can do about it. Instead of trying to win them over one by one, you need to do things that are getting huge swaths of votes [in the elections].” quote by Michael Schur](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f71/michael-schur-12718_can-do_there-s-going-to-be-a-lot-of-people-that_1308187.jpg)
![“It's all about media culture and people on television, and that feeling comfortable, friendly, or warm toward a candidate [in the elections] is a reason people would emotionally attach themselves to that candidate. I get the mechanics of it, I just hate that it's true.” quote by Michael Schur](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b55/michael-schur-12718_candidates_it-s-all-about-media-culture-and-people_2614886.jpg)
