The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

I defend myself by improving myself.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

History passes the final judgment