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Harlem is filled with moments of history.
People underestimate the complexity of comic books.
I finally achieved my dream by being a TV showrunner.
For me, hip-hop has always been black superhero music.
The first 'Creed' is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.
Our Luke Cage is a black hero, not a hero who happens to be black.
Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories.
I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.
When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black.
One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.
I will always get a certain thrill of watching bullets bounce off Luke Cage.
When you scratch the soul of hip-hop, you find R&B and funk but also reggae.
My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman. He flew with the 100th Fighter Squadron.
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures.
For me, I was never really obsessed with Luke Cage. My obsession was Wolverine.
One of my biggest influences, of course, is David Simon and his work on 'The Wire.'
People underestimate hip-hop the way they have sometimes underestimated comic books.
As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive.
One of my favorite comic books of all-time is the graphic novel 'God Loves, Man Kills.'
Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father.
Rosario Dawson is such a resourceful, intelligent actress that you can do anything with her.
In the imagination, Harlem will always be the spiritual capital of black excellence in America.
The reason that Shaft has a dominant theme song is because James Bond has a dominant theme song.
Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion.
I can't turn hip-hop off, just like I can't turn comic books off. It blends into everything for me.
That's the thing about TV: it gives you so much time to tell your story; it's comparable to comics.
Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly.
The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home.
I just felt that Danny Rand within the Luke Cage universe... I just felt that he was going to be dope.
Even though I've got this really brawny, masculine reputation, I'm a Shondaland Thursdays kind of guy.
I really think that Steven Caple, Jr. is going to be a great addition to the 'Rocky' director pantheon.
Honestly, what 'Luke Cage' is - it's a hip-hop Western. And you have Luke Cage as the sheriff of Harlem.
It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us.
My mom and dad met at U. Conn., and their lives couldn't have been more different in terms of their upbringing.
That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place.
Most superheroes, when you look at origin stories - before they invent their costume, they just go with what's around.
'Daredevil' is haunted by Frank Miller, from the standpoint of the Frank Miller run on 'Daredevil' is so insurmountable.
Black women are the most passionate commentators, and even as black female geeks and nerds, they are rarely acknowledged.
All black art, post-slavery, has always tried to prove in its own way that a black life is the equivalent of anyone else's.
To me, Harlem is one of the most important places on the earth, particularly when it comes to talking about African Americans.
You have to tell a super story that has some fantastical element, but the human element is what's going to keep people watching.
I was just really happy to see Barry [Jenkins] and Mahershala [Ali] and everyone else involved with "Moonlight" get their moment.
Alfre Woodard is a powerhouse, master actor, but she's also someone that you want to interact with, someone that you want to talk to.
There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood out.
The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it was right after 'Ready to Die' came out.
Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate us, be specific.
I was a huge fan of comics: not necessarily 'Luke Cage.' I was more of an 'X-Men' head. I was always more Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, John Byrne.
The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.
Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.