“In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in s...” — Hasan Minhaj Quote

“In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.”

“Sean Spicer has somehow been doing PR since 1999, which is 18 years. Somehow, after 18 years, his go-to move was denying the Holocaust.”

“In California, you can stretch your arms out and not be touching another person. You get space, sun and, in general, dignity.”

“A debate is a very specific kind of performance.”

“I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate.”

“I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.”