"I'm not trying to be politically correct. I'm just trying to tell a good story."

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

"I don't think about the legacy of my films. I just think about making the next one."

"I like to torture my characters. I like to put them in impossible situations and see how they react."

"If you've made money being a critic in black culture in the last 20 years you have to deal with me. You must have an opinion of me. You must deal with what I'm saying and deal with the consequences."