I dont think Im a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. – Spike Lee
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith. – Spike Lee
I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. – Spike Lee
My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her childrens education. – Spike Lee