There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned.

A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

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.

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

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

I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games I could afford to.