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

I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

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

This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.

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