You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also….

The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy..

A lot of black men have problems being emotionally vulnerable because of the boundaries and parameters that have been put onto them by society..

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them..

I start a picture and I finish it..

We do what we are and we are what we do..

The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black..

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it..

I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky..

Not since the Black Panthers sailed into their Upper East Side tea party has there been so daffy an exercise in radical chic..

What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending..

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President..

Money has to serve, not to rule!.

What belongs to someone, belongs to someone..

I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there..

You don't make a movie, the movie makes you..

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular..

Love can make us do dreadful things..

Invest time, don't spend it..

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear..

Carlos Castaneda always said, "If you're going to do something, do it impeccably.".