As a woman, I don’t feel like I have a responsibility to create better female characters. I feel like I have a responsibility to create good characters. Because the truth is, those kinds of things ghettoize us even more as writers. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn’t mean that they are any more inclusive in their hearts – it means they’re more inclusive in their wallets. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
Power’ would never have gotten on the air if the folks at Starz weren’t saying to themselves, ‘This is an underserved audience.’ It was a financial decision, not a benevolent decision based on a need to change the industry. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception – those are my favorites. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
If you wanna be your own boss, you gotta work your way up – have the skills. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
In 2011, when my father passed away – I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
