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" As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity to me. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Life
Limit
Me
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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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" It was not something that ever occurred to me, to be able to be in TV. I was very lucky. "
Courtney A. Kemp
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Lucky
Me
" When you write a show, every character is you to some extent. "
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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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True
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Reality
" I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Television
Home
You
" When I was a little girl, my imagination was what helped me deal with some sort of negative elements in my childhood. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Imagination
Me
Girl
" The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Women
Character
Play
" Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Thrive
Great
Partnerships
" I always ask the actors, 'What have you never done before?' "
Courtney A. Kemp
Never
You
Ask
" Being a showrunner is doing a bit of everything. It's not just writing. It's also management: managing actors, managing producers, managing a crew, being kind to people, being a good boss, observing deadlines. "
Courtney A. Kemp
People
Management
Good
" When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Me
Power
Always
" There's this idea that you can have it all, but in my opinion, you can't - not if you're a perfectionist. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Perfectionist
Opinion
Idea
" My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often I would be the only woman and the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several women but the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several people of color, but the only woman. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Women
Experience
People
" I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Control
Prayer
I Can
" Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Because
Great
Writer
" I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway. "
Courtney A. Kemp
I Am
Diversity
Together
" I love Pusha T and The Clipse. "
Courtney A. Kemp
T
Love
I Love
" I want to be a strong voice, period. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Strong
Voice
Want
" 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. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Place
Me
Finding
" God is in control of everything. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Control
Everything
God
" My dad was very, very invested in image. He felt that as a black person, the thing you could control was how did you look, how did you dress, how did you sound, how did you smell, how did you act. All of that stuff that you could control would absolutely have a strong impact on your access. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Impact
Black
Control
" New York is the center of the world. I grew up in Connecticut, outside of the city, and my father commuted to the city for work. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Father
New York
World
" The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Boss
Show
Network
" 50 and I are extremely close, so all that social media drama? It's just for the show. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Social Media
Social
Show
" I had very much wanted to be the very first black female editor-in-chief of 'Vogue.' Barring that, I wanted to work at 'Entertainment Weekly.' "
Courtney A. Kemp
Entertainment
Work
Black
" 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
Music
Over
Started
" It's ridiculous that we let broadcast and cable shows compete against each other at the Emmys. They are not the same animal. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Animal
Other
Ridiculous
" People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive in their hearts - it means they're more inclusive in their wallets. "
Courtney A. Kemp
People
Doors
Opening
" Great power is setting a goal, working hard for it, and achieving it in exactly the way you expected with no consequences and no remainders after the long division is done. But does that happen to anyone? The unexpected always hitches a ride along with everything you planned. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Long
Great
Unexpected
" Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Exercise
Down
Free