“I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive.”

“I dont think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”

“This endured absence is nothing more or less than forgetfulness. I am, intermittently, unfaithful. This is the condition of my survival.”

“But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure?Answer: Of himself.Well, so I will talk about myself.”

“When I talk about free indirect style I am really talking about point of view, and when I talk about point of view I am really talking about the perception of detail, and when I talk about detail I'm really talking about character, and when I talk about character I am really talking about the real, which is at the bottom of my inquiries.”

“Enough about my beauty," Buttercup said. "Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that.”