Spike Lee On Being Controversial

“The stuff I have done and said has never been for – and this is a word I really detest – controversy. I think the word is misused. I was raised in a household – we were all encouraged by my parents to speak your mind. Now, that does not mean you should speak every time there is an opportunity to. And so it has been a learning experience over the years that … I cannot talk about everything. I cannot do it. I cannot do it, cannot do it.”