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" The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception was reality and what people thought of you was what was real about you. "

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" When I'm at work, I want to be with my daughter, and when I'm with my daughter, I probably should be working, and it just is what it is. "

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" I think it's really cool that someone could have ovaries and the presidency. Growing up, I thought I could never be president because I was black and female. Now I know that's wrong. Within my own lifetime - that's different. Within my lifetime, interracial couples are more common. Within my own lifetime, biracial folks are able to claim that. "

" I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "

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" God is in control of everything. "

" I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there. "

" The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money. "

" 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. "

" I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control. "

" 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. "

" 50 and I are extremely close, so all that social media drama? It's just for the show. "

" If you wanna be your own boss, you gotta work your way up - have the skills. "

" 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. "

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

" The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling. "

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

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

Courtney A. Kemp

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" When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face. "

" I called my show 'Power' because, for me, the whole series is about the way my main character, Ghost, is power-less over his circumstances, even though he has almost endless access to money and guns. "

" 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?' "

Courtney A. Kemp

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" If I weren't a showrunner, I'd be a much more accomplished mother; if I were not a mother, I would be a much more accomplished showrunner. I have to be okay with getting a B in both. "

" 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. "

" Every writer should be able to write anything if you do the research and you're sensitive enough to ask the questions. "

" Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air. "

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

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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

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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. "

" I always wanted to make a show that had everything I wanted to watch, as opposed to just one or two things. "

" In 2011, when my father passed away - I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that. "

" My dad and his sister, who is no longer with us, used to dance on the streets for money. They had nothing. "

" 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. "