American - Writer | May 4, 1977 -
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
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Wherever I go, stuff accumulates.
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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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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 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 think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame.
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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.
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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.
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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'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 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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