'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

More Quotes by Spike Lee

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.