Melvin Van Peebles : (5)

" In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed. " - Melvin Van Peebles

" If you give people something they want, they’ll come and see it. " - Melvin Van Peebles

" Before I made ‘Sweetback,’ I had a three-picture deal with Columbia and enough juice, if I was real clever with it, to proclaim that I wanted to do an independent film. " - Melvin Van Peebles

" Me and modesty don’t mix. " - Melvin Van Peebles

" You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework of what you have, and don’t look outside – look inside. " - Melvin Van Peebles