42 Quotes by Gina Prince-Bythewood

There is a perception within our community and the world that black people don't love each other. That we don't fight for each other. That perception is so dangerous. We need positive images to counter the negative portrayals we see every day. And positive doesn't mean perfect. Perfect is boring.

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. Shes truthful and real and raw.

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film with people of color in it,' as opposed to, 'I just feel like people of color should be in every genre.'

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to take time to develop three-dimensional characters.

I hate to fly. I'm deathly afraid of it.

I love movies. And I dig a great love story: the kind that wrecks me, then builds me back up and leaves me inspired. I write what I want to see.

My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with black actors in mind.

There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment.

With 'Love And Basketball,' every studio turned it down.