81 Quotes by Kenya Barris

I'm a huge fan of writing for people rather than writing and then trying to wedge people in. I'd love to know who the people are before I can write for them. For me, it's a much more organic way to create characters.

What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored sweatshirts, and I thought it would never go out of style. Fads die.

I know a lot for me, personally, the best moments have come from watching my kids have an experience I never thought about as a kid but then remembered as a parent.

When you're in the middle of it, when you're a kid growing up, you don't think, 'This is my first heartbreak.' You just think, 'My heart is broken.' But then as a parent, you look back, and you see your child go through his or her first heartbreak, and you're realizing, 'Oh my God, this is her first heartbreak.'

I love Donald Glover.

I wanted to be a doctor, because I grew up on 'Cosby.'

At 24, I was probably making more than 95 percent of my friends. I was burning through money.

I feel like money is an interesting thing when you don't come from it.

Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.