Top 68 Quotes by Spike Lee

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

'Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

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 Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.