Author: Raoul Peck

Quotes

James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or white. And he is somebody who changed my life.

James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or white. And he is somebody who changed my life.

- Raoul Peck

Sometimes people ask me, 'Are you an optimist or a pessimist?' It doesn't matter. Whether I have a future or not is for me to decide.

Sometimes people ask me, 'Are you an optimist or a pessimist?' It doesn't matter. Whether I have a future or not is for me to decide.

- Raoul Peck

I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth.

I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth.

- Raoul Peck

If there is something that determines my motivation in the work I do, it's the sense of injustice.

If there is something that determines my motivation in the work I do, it's the sense of injustice.

- Raoul Peck

We ignore our own history. We ignore all these values and valuable people who really changed everything, who sacrificed their own lives for a better America.

We ignore our own history. We ignore all these values and valuable people who really changed everything, who sacrificed their own lives for a better America.

- Raoul Peck

We forget that everything has a meaning, everything has an impact on you. It's what we call soft power today. Nothing is innocent.

We forget that everything has a meaning, everything has an impact on you. It's what we call soft power today. Nothing is innocent.

- Raoul Peck

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