Quotes from Salim Akil

Nina Simone, to me, singing about black culture - she's unparalleled.

I always approach storytelling with the idea that the audience will get it. They understand almost better than we do, because they get to watch it from an entirely different perspective with new eyes.

I never like to do storytelling where everything is just copacetic right after that episode.

Oftentimes in a marriage, you really don't have to say anything. You can sort of have a conversation without words.

Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans.

It's one thing to be a comic book fan, but when you have to create a character and put him in a suit and keep the story grounded in reality, the challenge sometimes is making sure he actually uses his powers.

African American culture is American culture.

Women want you to feel that you're just as attracted to them today as you were when you first met them, and for me, that's the truth.

It's less about Trump and more about the people... If the American people are willing to elect someone like that president, then that's more of a problem.

What I saw in Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, even the villains, are aspects of myself.

You change the landscape in Hollywood with action, not words.