Gotta Work Quotes by Courtney A. Kemp

Wherever I go, stuff accumulates.

— Courtney A. Kemp

My dad was very, very invested in image. He felt that as a black person, the thing you could control was how did you…

— Courtney A. Kemp

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

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,…

— Courtney A. Kemp

There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I…

— Courtney A. Kemp

Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other.

— Courtney A. Kemp

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…

— Courtney A. Kemp

I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find…

— Courtney A. Kemp

There's this idea that you can have it all, but in my opinion, you can't - not if you're a perfectionist.

— Courtney A. Kemp

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

— Courtney A. Kemp

I remember watching episodes of 'The Sopranos' and being filled with dread knowing what was coming or anticipating what was coming. I don't think…

— Courtney A. Kemp

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…

— Courtney A. Kemp

Writers are, for the most part, crazy people. We're like Hephaestus of the forge. We're gnarled. We're curled over. We walk with a limp.

— Courtney A. Kemp

If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other.

— Courtney A. Kemp