Quotes from Spike Lee

And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

'Red Hook Summer' is another chapter in my chronicles of Brooklyn.

I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.

I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

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

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You know, to help you tell a story.

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.

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

Power is knowing your past.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

For me, I believe in God, God is real.

Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater.

One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from our ancestors being slaves.

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?

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.