“I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because ...” — Justin Simien Quote

“I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I'm black. It's not necessarily someone's specific attitude against me; it's just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That's racism.”

“If I just wanted to put clean, perfect images of black people on the screen for an hour and a half, first of all, there are other people already doing that, and they're making a lot of money doing it.”

“I still have a young attitude.”

“I don't think it's a healthy thing in your personal life to go around with that never-sure attitude.”

“Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the 'human stratum' may not be homogeneous.”