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" I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me. "
Courtney A. Kemp
People
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" I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites. "
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" I always like to write myself into a corner. I think the best stuff comes from only having a few ways out. "
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" 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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" When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit. "
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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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" As a woman, I don't feel like I have a responsibility to create better female characters. I feel like I have a responsibility to create good characters. Because the truth is, those kinds of things ghettoize us even more as writers. "
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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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person running this show, but the female aspect is the thing that I get asked about. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" I don't write scenes where one person is right and one person is wrong. It's very much by design that everyone has a point of view that you as an audience member can understand. "
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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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" I am not going to say that only people of color can write people of color, because that means only white people can write white people, and that's not OK. "
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" 'Power' would never have gotten on the air if the folks at Starz weren't saying to themselves, 'This is an underserved audience.' It was a financial decision, not a benevolent decision based on a need to change the industry. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "
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" Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other. "
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" If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. "
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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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" When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban. "
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" 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. "
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