Mara Brock Akil Quotes

United States, Screenwriter
May 27, 1970

Mara Brock Akil (born Mara Dionne Brock, May 27, 1970) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She created UPN comedy series Girlfriends (2000-2008) and its spin-off The Game (2006-2015). She later created the first drama series for BET Being Mary Jane (2013-2018). In 2018, she produced Black Lightning for The CW and created Love Is for Oprah Winfrey Network.

Also known as Producer

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.

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- People
- Time
- Black
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.

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- Life
- Good
- Hand

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.

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- People
- Truth
- Problem
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.

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- Writing
- Trying
- Why
We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

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- Work
- American
- Culture
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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- Want
- Personality
- Without
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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- People
- Trying
- Find
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.

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- Work
- Believe
- Career

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
- Writing
- Women
- Love
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.

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- Life
- Time
- Fun