People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fire department, and police protection, and everything else. It drives me bonkers, because it's pretty straightforward to me.
More Quotes by Michael Schur
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.
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.
If a show ever tries to be cool, then it's going to be doing something wrong.
I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.
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.'
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.