Quotes from Amanda Seales

I know some people would be like, 'Why are you responding to these racists on Twitter?' Sometimes it's for the purpose of letting them know they're being watched and that they're going to have to answer for their words.

I want to create and write scripted and unscripted shows, digital shows, stage shows.

America was made for white men. Literally, at the time of the writing of the new country's Constitution, only white men could own land, and only men who owned land could vote.

I'm not hostile. I'm passionate.

'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience.

Whether you agree with Trump or not, you can't deny he looks like a piece of pizza with the cheese off. It's just what it is.

Even when I was in school, I was doing papers and writing poems; I always had an edge to my delivery. It was never conscious, but it was more so my organic way of thinking about things.

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

Contrary to far too popular a belief, style, fashion, and fabulousness are not synonymous with stank, haughty, and self-aggrandizing.

Anytime I don't have to wear a bra is a good day.

For my web series 'Get Your Life,' I wrote that and produced it and starred in it so that I could have a body of work that represents my voice as a writer and as a performer.

For a long time, I didn't have a balance in terms of my worth and my market value; I was just a very talented person who hadn't done any work that truly demonstrated my talent.

I'm a weirdo and an only child. That comes together to create one-woman shows.

When I speak of diversity, I don't mean replacement of white comics. I don't mean acceptance by white comics. We comics who weren't born into the white guy paradigm of 'funny' don't need a handout. We don't need a PC push. We don't need 'a look.'

I paint because I love to paint. If someone buys the prints or whatever, so be it, but it's not my main form of business. As a performer, that is my main form of business.

I can't even believe that in 2018, I still have to lay out why diversity in anything matters.

Drake ain't fake.

I don't have the proportions for 'hood hot.'

I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing me to mutter to myself or whoever's in earshot, 'Is that really necessary?'

I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.

My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people.

I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang.

As an artist, it's incredible to see folks see you and then be able to give that back and to be able to send two girls to a Black Girls Empowerment camp.

My hair changes with my emotions... and my purpose for the day.