Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

I started to realize, a lot of times if you go into your memory, your sense memory, you know more than you think you do, from having watched and listened.

When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.

A very odd thing happened to my career when I got The Wire. My career was pretty much a steady climb; I didn't really flatline much. When I did The Wire, that's when I thought all the doors would open, but that's when things flatlined. I had a really hard time just getting seen for film, which was the next step.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.