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… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I am not going to say that only people of color can write people of color, because that means only white people… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
The revolution is that we can be anything. We don't have to be one thing or the other. The idea that it… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I think as long as I can tell you a story about people that you understand, it doesn't matter if you don't… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
We use the word 'urban' to mean black or Latino, but that's not what the word means. It actually means 'from the… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I'm seeing more and more people of color do what I do as showrunners, and that's so great. I would love to… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Being a showrunner is doing a bit of everything. It's not just writing. It's also management: managing actors, managing producers, managing a… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained.… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
