Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

It is a great joy to work for what you want.

She longs for fresh air and common sense, and is not willing to be a dolt for the sake of being called a deity.

What you think again and again becomes your truth. Think right.

all children are required to attend School, which is like a party to which everyone forgot to bring punch, or hats, or fiddles, and none of the games have good prizes.

Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing but is an ability to articulate human relationships.

The world is fed by greed.

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.