If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.
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.