"You wouldn't think the colour of a writer's skin should have any effect on the words themselves. In a lot of the more ugly pieces, my motives were really brought to bear in the most negative way. It's…"

"I don't care if people like my movies or not. I make them for myself."

"I don't like to be subtle. I like to be in your face."

"I think every film I make is a genre unto itself."

"It's not that I'm on this big crusade against linear storytelling, but the thing is it's not the only game in town. A novel can do that no problem. Novelist have always had complete freedom to pretty …"