I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.

I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.

I'm a storyteller, and there's some genres I like. I don't think I'm ever going to do science fiction, but I want to do a musical one day. I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

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