There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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
Any underrepresented audience loves to see themselves on TV, but what's more important is that we're writing about universal themes - good… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Every writer should be able to write anything if you do the research and you're sensitive enough to ask the questions. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up. — 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
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
