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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
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It... does... not... have... to... be... pointed out all the time. Like, 'Isn't it great that you're black, and you're a woman?' Isn't it great that the show's good? I would just love for it not to be a thing - for it just to be, like, super norm.

I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I felt different from everybody else.

I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.

I worked at 'Mademoiselle,' and then it shut, and I worked at 'GQ' for three years, during which I was freelancing. I wrote for 'Vibe.' I did music reviews. I wrote for 'Time Out.' I was desperate to get into 'Entertainment Weekly' or 'New York Magazine.' Like, desperate.

If you look at the back pages of 'New York Times Magazine,' and they talk about these 6.5-million-dollar condos with a great view, like you're going to pay for a great view. Well, the top floor of the projects have a great view, too.

The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling.

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

I think as long as I can tell you a story about people that you understand, it doesn't matter if you don't like what they do; you understand why they did it.

When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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