Quotes by Mara Brock Akil - Page 1

I believe in divine order all the time.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Divine
Time Believe I Believe
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One of the most powerful things we have is to tell our story.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Most Powerful
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I wanted always to be a storyteller of the fullest expression.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Fullest
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Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
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To choose love and jump in not knowing, with a lot of unknowns, is a brave act.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Brave
Not Knowing
Choose
Choose Love
Jump
Unknowns
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A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and Im willing to do without until I get it.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Personality
Staples
Want
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A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and I'm willing to do without until I get it.
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Staple
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I'm very connected and passionate about what I put out in the world, and I want to get things safely to shore.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Shore
Safely
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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.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Relief
Subjects
People Find Trying
Discuss
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I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Family
Beautiful Women
Defined
Disappear
Strong
Strong Women
Themselves
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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.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Jane
Mary
Hat
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We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
American Culture
Cases
Culture
Stills
Happening
Slowly
Rapidly
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I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Owning
Stereotypes
Truths
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I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Black
Humans
Writing
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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 wait to welcome my son.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Thankful
Blessed
Peaceful
Pregnancy
Welcome
Received
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With 'Girlfriends,' even with 'The Game,' or even with 'Being Mary Jane,' I didn't get a chance to wrap up the story and, more specifically, show love.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Jane
Mary
Girlfriends
Specifically
Wrap
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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 see the financial value and gain in my work.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Storytelling
Gain
Help People
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In 'Girlfriends,' I was exploring the idea of having it all. In 'Being Mary Jane,' I was exploring the idea that you have to be the center of everything.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Exploring
Jane
Mary
Girlfriends
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I've been having a 20-plus year conversation with black women, starting with 'Girlfriends,' moving through 'The Game,' 'Being Mary Jane,' even 'Sparkle.'
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Conversation
Jane
Mary
Moving
Sparkle
Girlfriends
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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 audience knows exactly where I am.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Lights
Sensation
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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 and meant to be peeled, just as we as human beings are.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Human Beings
Meant To Be
Onions
Beings
Meant
Characters
Layered
Start
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With directing, it's all out there, in the moment and in real-time. The pressure and all of the eyes are on you, and you've gotta do it. That is the place that made me nervous.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Directing
Gotta
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Technology has changed our industry, and I think that's opened up different revenue streams and ways to make money and distribute television. It's made the global conversation easier, quicker.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Revenue
Streams
Distribute
Opened
Quicker
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I'm hoping that the legacy of 'Girlfriends' is just that you can enjoy and connect to Joan, Maya, Toni, Lynn, and William and see your humanity reflected in theirs. That's what I'm hoping that it did.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Legacy
Girlfriends
William
Hoping
Joan
Lynn
Reflected
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When I was in '97, I didn't know I was in a very major moment. But with the privilege of reflection, I do. And that's what artists should do - they should help illuminate and reflect the human condition.
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Human Condition
Condition
Illuminate
Reflect
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It's funny that black men, at first, were worried about a show called 'Girlfriends' because they thought that black men were gonna get bashed. They realized, 'Wait a minute - we're respected in this story.'
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Worried
Bashed
Girlfriends
Respected
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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, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Work
Believe
Fortunate
Hard
Made
Want
Worry
Most
Because
Work Believe I Believe
Go
Very
After
Been
Those
Career
Find
Opportunities
Something
Work Hard
Yes
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I think what is magic about black-girl hair is, at its basic level, it's just resilient. It can go from straight to curly in the same day. It's just transformative. When you don't feel so strong, the hair can be a sign of empowerment.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Empowerment
Resilient
Curly
Transformative
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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 land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Exploring
Journalism
Screenwriting
Attribute
Drill
The Who
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Where I thrive is with my hands on the keyboard or my pen on the paper. One of the things I get to do is I get to rewrite. I rewrite, and I work hard on my scripts. You can rewrite until you're 'perfect,' and that's something that's safe for me.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Scripts
Thrive
Work Me Hands
Pen
Rewrite
Work Hard
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Any form of media is an opportunity to be a mirror and reflection of what we are experiencing more in the details of our life. What makes it fun and unique in a lot of ways is how that journey is changing just by the mere fact of the current time.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Journey
Fun
Mere
Reflection
Unique
Life Time Journey
Current
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Sometimes, we only get to know someone as one aspect of who they are. Then you start peeling back the layers and understanding more and more about who they are - their vulnerabilities, their fears, their joys, all those other words that equal humanity.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Aspect
Equal
Humanity
Layers
Peeling
Understanding
Fears
Joys
More And More
One Aspect
Vulnerabilities
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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 my culture, in a safe environment that allowed me to build my confidence. And Debbie Allen was one of my mentors, along with Stan Lathan.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Spears
Women Culture Black
Allen
Women Culture Me
Mentors
Nurtured
Ralph
Stan
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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 still is a lack of value for what black women want, yet we have proven to be one of the strongest consumers in the marketplace.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Marketplace
Proven
Storytellers
Supporting
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
Mara Brock Akil / Television Writer
Conversation
Genre
Latino
People
Race
Thinking
Thrillers
Comedies
Romantic Comedies
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