"I'm a big fan of long takes. I think they're cinematic."

"My movies are very personal. I'm working in a genre, no doubt about it... but to me all the movies are very personal."

"It's not that I'm on this big crusade against linear storytelling, but the thing is it's not the only game in town. A novel can do that no problem. Novelist have always had complete freedom to pretty …"

"I just like to tell stories. And I like to tell them my way."

"If you've made money being a critic in black culture in the last 20 years you have to deal with me. You must have an opinion of me. You must deal with what I'm saying and deal with the consequences."