[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He was, at least, one of t….

James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant social cr….

The system gives you two minutes to phrase a whole history..

There are only one or two geniuses every century..

It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this cou….

I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I….

[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice.".

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-hand….

Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined..

The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape the man that I am today. My….

I just hope that my films will survive me..

From a young age, [James Baldwin] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came to the point that….

I felt that the world, and in particular this country, were going in circles. What had happened 40 or 50 years ago was happening again, but even in a….

Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room..

[James] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you can go back to it. It's not just about sto….

James Baldwin had an unrivaled understanding of politics and history and, above all, the human condition. His prose is laser sharp. His onslaught is ….

Can you imagine in 2016 there is a discussion about #OscarsSoWhite? Is it a novelty we've just discovered that the whole production machine is domina….

Face your reality. You, black or white, are not innocent anymore. Either you have the courage to face it or you will go down together with the whole ….

Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject..

[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important..

You need to react. That's the absurdity of Twitter. You can react without thinking now..