“The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff,...” — Michael Schur Quote

“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.”

“I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.”

“Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.”

“The biggest and most interesting crisis in the world is the human crisis, and it never gets boring. It goes back to Shakespeare. You don't need a gimmick; it's just man against man and their intolerance of each other.”

“When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.”