All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

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

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

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

We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

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.