“Making love to a Negro isn't frightening; sleeping with him is. Sleep is complete surrender. It's more than nude; it's naked. Anything can happen during the night, when reason sleeps.”

“Fucking black was fucking exotic. And America loves to fuck exotic. Put black vengeance and white guilt together in the same bed and you had a night to remember!”

“Miz Beauty does not speak. You've got to discover her erogenous zones, her favorite subjects of conversation, her sign, all on your own. Meanwhile, Miz Piggy's coming like an express train. She doesn't get it every day. And she's hell-bent to make the most of it. She wants more, more, more.”

“People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the only moral they know.”

“Et c'est quoi la différence entre art et culture? L'art n'arrive que si on met sa culture en danger”

“Un bon livre, au contraire, ne cherche pas à vous captiver, il vous fait regarder vers le haut (le ciel sans nuage d'été) tout en plongeant au fond de vous-même.”

“Quel peuple!" Ils sont tellement habitués à chercher la vie dans des conditions difficiles qu'ils porteront l'espérance jusqu'en enfer.”