Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead.

The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling.

How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? I saw it this morning on campus. When did the black community say we should all look like criminals?

Life is not without a little adventure, Adventure is not without a little danger, Success is not without a little failure

Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made.

Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills.

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions.

One problem when you get energy and want to go with it is that with so large a cast of talented people, you have to wait three or four shows for some 'meat.'

The name of the game is efficiency; we have to play that game with our toys and our brains.

People are like pistachios. Some of them open up easily, but there are others who need to be really broken to get into.

You can't choose your childhood, it's just what happens to you. But after that you choose. And that's really what (makes you).

Chiropractic is founded upon different principles than those of medicine.

The best friend of earth of man is the tree.

They were wearing smelly blankets, they looked like Donovan fans.

Time pulses from the afternoon like blood from a serious wound.

I had no intention of anyone ever finding out what I had done.

10-5 space 16-5-14-19-5 space 17-21-5 space 10-5 space 20-1-9-13-5.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.