I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.