Larry Wilmore Quotes

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.

With the long-format interview, I can get into really interesting conversations with my guests. You know what it's like to get the opportunity to speak to really interesting people and pick their brain about things. To have time to let a guest actually speak and tell a story and get into detail is really exciting.

State of the Culture' is more mature content. We want to go as deep as we can on whatever the subject matter is, we're not there to joke.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

I like when something makes you think after you stop watching.

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter.

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

I want to write a book that makes people debate, and makes people think, interact with each other and exchange ideas... I write because I'm engaged in this big conversation.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Perhaps Obama is often slow to nail controversies because he needs time to live inside them for a while in his head. It's unnerving for the rest of us, but even the haters, one feels, are made to think more deeply than they'd like before they return to the bickering and the games.

One hopes that with a book or movie, the reader or the audience will emerge from it thinking. That's the most you can hope for: that you've raised questions that will be there for the audience to think about later.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.

I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label - make me laugh. I want to make you think.

I don't think all comedy should be mindless. Have something that's thoughtful. Maybe some things are tongue-in-cheek; maybe some things are very direct. I like that people have to think about things. That excites me. Because if you say certain things, it starts a dialogue. Even if you disagree, it's still a dialogue.

Appreciating complexity while searching through its thickets to find essential factors leads to understanding.

I like people with their own opinions, and I like people who argue with me. It's very exhausting to be in a room full of people who just nod and smile.