The first joke I got on the air I remember clearly. Dennis McNicholas and Robert Carlock wrote a sketch where they were evacuating the Titanic, and the last two guys on the entire ship were the two black guys, Samuel… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven. — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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