There's An Unwritten Law That You Cannot

It Gets Dangerous When You Start Allowing People To Validate Your Work.

I Had A Great Education. From Kindergarten To John Dewey High School In Coney Island, I Am Public-school Educated.

We’ve Gone Through The Names—negro, African American, African, Black. For Me That’s An Indication Of A People Still Trying To Find Their Identity. Who Determines What Is Black?

When I Went To School, You Had To Take Art, You Had To Play An Instrument. You Had To Play An Instrument. But It's All Degraded Since Then. I Do Not Know What Kind Of Nation We Are That Is Cutting Art, Music, And Gym Out Of The Public-school Curriculum.

People Sometimes Forget All The Films That We've Done. They Remember The Likes Of 'malcolm X' And 'do The Right Thing.' But I've Been Working Since 1986. From The Beginning, I Was Determined To Not Just Be A Flash In The Pan. I've Got To Keep Up With Woody Allen. He's Lapping Me.