It's always great when you're able to give fans what they expect and even a little more.

I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat.

I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television pumps.

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

I hope everything works in our favor. The show is cool. It’s family fare. We ain’t aiming at the cheap seats. Instead, we’re making something with a broad appeal that people of any color or creed and from all walks of life can enjoy and maybe learn something from.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.