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“When you realize you don't own someone, you show up every day to try to make sure they stay in your life.”

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For me, I start at the place that my characters are human. I start at the place that they are onions that are layered…

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I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to…

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One of the most powerful things we have is to tell our story.

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That's what this industry is all about - supporting artists and supporting storytellers and hearing the audience for what they want and need. There…

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When I walk into a room, I know my storytelling has value and I have to sell my idea. I have to help people…

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I'm trying to talk about challenging subjects people might not like and trying to find relief as we discuss it.

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I've kinda been an off-Broadway sensation. There aren't a lot of lights or big marquees around my name or my work, yet my core…

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If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes,…

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I was nurtured by Ralph Farquhar and then, later, by Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears, two black women. So, I actually was nurtured by…

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I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and blessed and so peaceful and can't…

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Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.

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I went to journalism school, so sometimes writing the script of 'Being Mary Jane' is me putting my journalism hat on.

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