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When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at your table read or on the set, it's like the sound of a snap snapping into place.

~Michael Schur

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I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

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The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff, in my opinion, were the ones where they were in the middle of a crisis, and they were trying to figure out how to solve problems.

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If a show ever tries to be cool, then it's going to be doing something wrong.

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I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

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As a viewer of TV shows, I always like shows more when I just feel like the people in charge have a plan. You can just tell sometimes, 'Oh, there's a plan there. They have an idea for how this is going to unfold.'

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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.

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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 comedy.

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My favorite sitcom of all time is 'Cheers.' That's a perfect example of how, like, people made fun of Cliff, but you never got the sense that they didn't like Cliff.

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My favorite TV show of all time is 'The Wire,' which has the feeling of a project-based show. You draw in people from disparate parts of the world, and they have to work together to achieve a goal.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 29th, 1975

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