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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. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Work
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" My dad and his sister, who is no longer with us, used to dance on the streets for money. They had nothing. "
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" Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other. "
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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 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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" The story always leads you where it's supposed to go. "
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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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" 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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" If you wanna be your own boss, you gotta work your way up - have the skills. "
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" Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff. "
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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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" I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "
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More
" I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid. "
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" 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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Things
" 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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Father
New York
World
" There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry. "
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Industry
" Wherever I go, stuff accumulates. "
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" I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites. "
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Those
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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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Grateful
Road
" 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. "
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Free
" The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money. "
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Show
Network
" If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. "
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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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" Any underrepresented audience loves to see themselves on TV, but what's more important is that we're writing about universal themes - good versus evil, can you change yourself? These themes resonate for everyone. "
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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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" 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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" When I first arrived in Los Angeles from New York in 2004 to try to break into television, I couldn't believe how segregated it was - how many neighborhoods were nearly all-white or all-black or -Asian or -Latino. "
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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. "
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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. "
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