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

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

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.

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

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

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

I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

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

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