I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.

I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic.

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.