1956-, American Film director
It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do.
Spike Lee – [Passion]


Racism is when you have laws set up, systematically put in a way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement of a people. Black people have never had the power to enforce racism, and so this is something that white America is going to have to work out themselves. If they decide they want to stop it, curtail it, or to do the right thing… then it will be done, but not until then.
Spike Lee – [Race and Racism]


You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Spike Lee – [Books and Reading]