“I like to create provocative imagery. Sometimes it works, and sometime...” — Melina Matsoukas Quote

“I like to create provocative imagery. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it goes awry.”

“I got a young black woman agent, and she kinda just knew what I would be attracted to. She sent me this pilot for 'Insecure.' I never saw myself as a comedy director, but when I read those pages, I said, 'Wow - this is my life on the page.'”

“I've tried to create a comedy that doesn't look like any other comedy. Maybe traditionally in TV there has been a kind of formula that says, 'Oh, comedy has to look this way; it has to look super bright.' But the way we shoot 'Insecure' is motivated by the mental state of each of our characters.”

“In the separation of the human species from nature, life goes awry.”

“I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on.”

“I'm not one of those critics that believes U.S. foreign policy is confused, or stupid, or misinformed, or well-intentioned but it goes awry. I think it's a brilliant policy filled with many brilliant, terrible, horrible victories.”