Harlem affordable housing: “The sugar on a sour pie.”

On asthma: “Ninety percent of time is spent indoors.”

Director: What “nobody else had was my unique view about stuff.”

Columnist: “we’ve been doing so much, trying so much, and experiencing so much.”

Reporter: “It’s clear that the Obama-Wright controversy rests on race.”

Director, on the best aspects of her show: “Short.”