I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and then trying to make your own film, and trying not to be inhibited by being so beholden to every single thing... We respect the source, but we make changes to it.

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.

We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.