Author: Melvin Van Peebles

Quotes

Making 'Sweetback' took an exorbitant amount of energy and time.

Making 'Sweetback' took an exorbitant amount of energy and time.

- Melvin Van Peebles

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Blacks had a huge role in settling the West, but you'd never know it from Western movies.

Blacks had a huge role in settling the West, but you'd never know it from Western movies.

- Melvin Van Peebles

My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Our minds are not our friends when they realize we have work to do - they're our enemies.

Our minds are not our friends when they realize we have work to do - they're our enemies.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.

Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.

- Melvin Van Peebles

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