My manager, Norma, was trying to get me to write it for at least 10 years and being the reclusive person I am, I wanted people to judge me for what they saw on the television, on the films or on the stage. And what I did apart from that was my own affair. So to write my autobiography was, to me, an anathema.


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SPIKE JONZE
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SPIKE JONZE
The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being f...
SPIKE JONZE
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
SPIKE LEE
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
SPIKE LEE
'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doi...
SPIKE LEE
I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. ...
SPIKE LEE
People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and t...
SPIKE LEE
'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortun...
SPIKE LEE
Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go any...
SPIKE JONZE
I'm riding my man Obama. I think he's a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date h...
SPIKE LEE
I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games...
SPIKE LEE
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l...
SPIKE LEE
I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm...
SPIKE JONZE
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. ...
SPIKE LEE
People could not believe, especially the residents of the Ninth Ward, that there wasn't hanky-panky ...
SPIKE LEE
Too many people are being bowled over by Bush and Tony Blair in Britain. It's ludicrous to expect th...
SPIKE LEE
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l...
SPIKE LEE
Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. E...
SPIKE JONZE
I think that anyone who lives in New York, who's lived here, who's spent any time here, know...
SPIKE LEE
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l...
SPIKE LEE
I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbac...
SPIKE JONZE
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a mov...
SPIKE JONZE
I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people aro...
SPIKE JONZE
People didn't really believe me when I told them that I was going to be a filmmaker,
SPIKE LEE
We wanted to truthfully reflect the rage and the tone of what people felt.
SPIKE LEE
You hope he's learned something. I think eventually he'll speak out against abuse to women.
SPIKE LEE
I'm glad to be here on the day we honor Dr. King, a true giant, and it's our responsibility to teach...
SPIKE LEE
I didn't roll out of bed and direct Malcolm X. Whatever you do, go out there and work hard.
SPIKE LEE
I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We ...
SPIKE LEE
Terrance Howard did a great job. I wanna see him win. I voted for him.
SPIKE LEE
We're having a couple of drinks tonight!
SPIKE LEE
We have a sort of understanding that works on the set. When you're shooting, the cash register is ri...
SPIKE LEE
I dislike Condoleezza Rice more than [President] Bush. The thing about it is that she's gotten a fre...
SPIKE LEE
Where are the slaves? Who's picking the cotton?
SPIKE LEE
Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
SPIKE LEE
I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
SPIKE LEE
I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a ...
SPIKE LEE
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control o...
SPIKE LEE
[To be fair, he did convert to Islam in prison and allegedly read the great works of Western literat...
SPIKE LEE
I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If ...
SPIKE LEE
I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.
SPIKE LEE
It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and i...
SPIKE LEE
We don't need to get all sideways on this incorporation deal -- we don't need to rush into anything.
SPIKE DYKES
Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am st...
SPIKE LEE
I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.
SPIKE JONZE
It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping....
SPIKE JONZE
People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X...
SPIKE LEE
I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especiall...
SPIKE LEE
I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the...
SPIKE LEE
I am better at math than spelling.
SPIKE JONZE
I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film unti...
SPIKE LEE