Nahnatchka Khan

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You…

— Nahnatchka Khan

The first time I ever wrote anything, it was an editorial column for my high school newspaper.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I've read many great samples, both of existing shows I liked and original pilots, and definitely hired the writers - or, at…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Some people don't have a sense of humor about certain things, and other people do.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Networks love data. They love to be able to look at numbers and try to predict what they think will work.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Randall Park and Ali Wong, they are so many things; they're not just one thing, they're bigger than just their identity.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Working in network sitcom arenas, whenever you decide to depart from the norm and tell a story that's not typical, I think…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Norman Lear was talking about everything in the '70s... race, sexism, all of it. The network comedy really stayed away from that…

— Nahnatchka Khan

I think a lot of quote-unquote 'comedic actors' really go for the laugh and are overly straining and sort of trying.

— Nahnatchka Khan

You don't have to be just one thing. I think that applies to women in front of and behind the camera.

— Nahnatchka Khan

For immigrant families, television is what connects you to American culture, but it's also what makes you feel like an outsider.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I love women who don't apologize.

— Nahnatchka Khan

If you try to describe NASCAR to anyone, you sound crazy.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Sometimes you can feel the gears shifting in scripts, like really trying to make something work that feels sweaty for whatever reason.…

— Nahnatchka Khan

You can be a successful woman and also be vulnerable, and that's important to show people.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I grew up watching television as a kid. It was always something I wanted to pursue.

— Nahnatchka Khan

When you're writing a pilot, unless you already have an actor attached to the project, you're writing it with all the voices…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Writing in another person's voice is a skill you have to develop when you're working on someone else's show. But if you…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Women behaving badly has always been funny, to me personally, so I knew I wanted to do something like that.

— Nahnatchka Khan

'Fresh Off the Boat' will be syndicated. This show and these characters will live forever in the pantheon of classic family sitcoms.

— Nahnatchka Khan

'Modern Family' is unique in that it's telling the story of three different families, which is a huge amount of characters to…

— Nahnatchka Khan

There's some actors that go easily between drama and comedy because they play the naturalism of the role, and they just have…

— Nahnatchka Khan

In comedy, it's so subjective; there is no right or wrong.

— Nahnatchka Khan

In the writers' room, the challenge is always to tell interesting stories in unexpected ways, so we try to never limit ourselves…

— Nahnatchka Khan

Having a range of perspectives allows you to tell stories through a different lens and approach things from fresh angles. If you're…

— Nahnatchka Khan