A biography for Larry Wilmorehasn’t been written yet.
“I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.”
“I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.”
“Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.”
“My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?”
“Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100.”
“I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.”
“When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.”
“I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.”
“Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.”
“The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.”
“Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show.”
“I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.”
“I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.”
“I really love storytelling.”
“Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.”
“Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.”
“The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.”
“My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California.”
“When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.”
“I do not look to Hollywood to give me character clues.”