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I think once 'Empire' hit, there was a lot of bad black TV that followed, because we work in the business of hit-seekers and copycats, so they're like, 'Oh this is a show about black people; this is about music, OK let's do a version of that.' And, of course, it doesn't work because it's not organic.

Being on Netflix lets us be experimental. We can do crazy things.

Things meant to appeal to the masses usually end up appealing to no one.

For me, it's about making art that's not good but phenomenal. James Baldwin didn't want to just stay above the fray. Prince didn't think, 'I wonder what the industry is gonna think about 'Purple Rain.'' It's just, is this honest? Is this real? Does this move me? The rest is icing.

My mother was born into a segregated America. How crazy is that?

I had a lot of great bosses - I worked for Gina Prince-Bythewood for two years, I worked for Ava Duvernay as a PA on her first narrative film, and I worked with Mara Brock Akil, so a lot of wonderful role models.

As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite and generous even when you don't want to be sometimes. I learned that and, also, just to never take no for an answer.

I'm a huge fan of television, and the reason I'm a part of the world is because I'm a fan of it.

I'm a big fan of Nora Ephron, who believed everything is copy, and I agree.

I never thought I would write about Chicago, and I definitely never thought I would write a drama.

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