There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

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.