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" Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Because
Great
Writer
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" Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions like, 'What fabric is that sofa gonna be?' "
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" I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength. "
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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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" There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry. "
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" Wherever I go, stuff accumulates. "
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" God is in control of everything. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I felt different from everybody else. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Class
Race
Up
" 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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Enthusiasm
Job
" I love Pusha T and The Clipse. "
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T
Love
I Love
" 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
" I first became a showrunner at 36 years old. I had no experience doing this job, which is as complicated and multi-faceted as anything I'd ever tried. "
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Complicated
Experience
Job
" 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. "
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Long
Great
Unexpected
" 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.' "
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Entertainment
Work
Black
" If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Other
Hiring
You
" Around me, there's always music playing. It just calms me down; it soothes me. It helps me write. It helps me with my mood. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Always
Playing
Music
" 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 think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "
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Judge
Shame
More
" I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Those
Want
Lying
" Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Thrive
Great
Partnerships
" 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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White
Latino
Mean
" There are so many different things that create an alchemy of success. Just like there are so many different things that create an alchemy of a failure. "
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Create
Success
Things
" I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond my race. "
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Think
Black
I Am
" I worked at 'Mademoiselle,' and then it shut, and I worked at 'GQ' for three years, during which I was freelancing. I wrote for 'Vibe.' I did music reviews. I wrote for 'Time Out.' I was desperate to get into 'Entertainment Weekly' or 'New York Magazine.' Like, desperate. "
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Three
New
Music
" 50 Cent and I really started to bond over our love for music. The first conversations we had were about Curtis Mayfield. "
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Music
Over
Started
" You don't keep your job if you don't make a great show. "
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Your
You
Show
" I want to be a strong voice, period. "
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Strong
Voice
Want
" I always wanted to make a show that had everything I wanted to watch, as opposed to just one or two things. "
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Two
Always
Everything
" When I watch television, I want to be surprised. "
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Television
Want
Surprised
" It's ridiculous that we let broadcast and cable shows compete against each other at the Emmys. They are not the same animal. "
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Animal
Other
Ridiculous