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" 50 Cent and I really started to bond over our love for music. The first conversations we had were about Curtis Mayfield. "

Courtney A. Kemp

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" There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained. I'm more motivated by people being like, 'Oh snap! Did you see that?' "

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" There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn't know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don't think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything. "

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" When you write a show, every character is you to some extent. "

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" I always ask the actors, 'What have you never done before?' "

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" My dad was born with no money. "

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" I want to be a strong voice, period. "

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" There are some aspects of the story of 'Power' that clearly are about race in the sense that any one of us now who's black and was raised in this country was raised with a lie, which is, 'You can never be president.' That's not true. "

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" If everyone knows the role they play, and they do their job - executing it well and with enthusiasm - it comes together successfully every time. "

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" The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family. "

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" Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff. "

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" If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. "

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" You don't keep your job if you don't make a great show. "

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" Obviously I'm not from 50's background - I'm from Westport, Connecticut, which is as far away from his background as you can get, right? Growing up in Westport, for a long time I was the only black person living there for miles. "

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" God is in control of everything. "

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" Ultimately, at the end of the day, taking a chance on 'Power' is taking a chance on me. "

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" When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit. "

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" I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice. "

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" Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other. "

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" I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens. "

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" My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents grew up in segregation, and they both lived in all-black neighborhoods and grew up with large black families. I didn't have any of that, and I didn't understand feeling so differently and being treated so differently. "

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" Wherever I go, stuff accumulates. "

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" We use the word 'urban' to mean black or Latino, but that's not what the word means. It actually means 'from the city.' I'm not from the city. I'm from the suburbs of Connecticut. I grew up with mostly all white people. "

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" I'm seeing more and more people of color do what I do as showrunners, and that's so great. I would love to get to the point where we don't have to talk about it anymore. "

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" Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful and just ready. "

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" I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid. "

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" The story always leads you where it's supposed to go. "

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" What I'm about to say won't be popular, but it's true: If being a television showrunner is the job you want, and you are a woman, I would not suggest you have children. The reality is that you just cannot do both well. "

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" When it comes to power as it functions between humans, it all comes down to desire. If you know what someone wants, you can control them. It is as simple as that. And the reverse is also true: If you have control over your own desires, no one will ever own you. As humans, we are plagued with desire - it consumes us, it fuels us, it destroys us. "

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" I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up. "

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