I'm not in the business of making us look clean, but I don't want us to look like monsters either. I think there is a little bit of hero and villain in all of us.

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll see writers that start off telling black stories, but later branch out into other material. People say they "sell out." No, they evolve as writers.

The only way you really see change is by helping to create it.

I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.

Today, you'll have a following for a film before it even hits theaters. We can reach out and touch our audience in ways that they couldn't. So it's about getting eyes, getting interest, and getting people involved.