I Think It Is Very Important That

I Wouldn't Be Doing Motherfu**ing Films For Almost Three Decades If Every Time I Did Something That Someone Didn't Like I Went In A Fu**ing Cocoon And Just Hid There And Didn't Make My Art.

I Decided To Be A Filmmaker Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morehouse. Before I Left For The Summer Of 1977, My Advisor Told Me I Really Had To Declare A Major When I Came Back, Because I'd Used All My Electives In My First Two Years. I Went Back To New York And I Couldn't Find A Job. There Were None To Be Had. And That Previous Christmas Someone Gave Me A Super-8 Camera, So I Just Started To Shoot Stuff.

People Of Color Have A Constant Frustration Of Not Being Represented, Or Being Misrepresented, And These Images Go Around The World.

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.

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.