230 Quotes by Spike Lee

I want to tell stories, I don’t really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they’re just extra sensitive.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that’s all I’ll say about that.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn’t black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

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 Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

There’s an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn’t 100 percent perfect, or you’re labeled anti-Semitic.

Do the right thing.

We’re the most violent nation on earth. There’s no getting away from that. But you’ve got to look at it on a broader level.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they’d see a great breadth of work.