Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!

In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.

When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.

Thank God in advance for what's already yours.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.