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

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.
Spike Lee

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.
Spike Lee

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.
Spike Lee

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.
Spike Lee

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

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.
Spike Lee