American - Writer | May 4, 1977 -
I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.
Courtney A. Kemp
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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 want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites.
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I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there.
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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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There are some aspects of the story of 'Power' that clearly are about race in the sense that any one of us now who's black and was raised in this country was raised with a lie, which is, 'You can never be president.' That's not true.
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When I was a little girl, my imagination was what helped me deal with some sort of negative elements in my childhood.
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I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up.
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I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism.
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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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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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I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control.
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