I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs.

I haven't had one sexual thought since the court martial.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

For me, I believe in God, God is real.

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.

Cause mo better makes it mo better.

I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.

Those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.