These two Joes—the nasty bully and the starry-eyed dreamer—were my father. Growing up, the difficulty was knowing just which Joe would rise with the sun that day.

A mother who would stop at nothing for her child is dangerous woman when crossed.

Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.

Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").

I think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently.

I tend to just go for it, and not worry about what people think, and just really try to have fun with things.

Good software, like wine, takes time.

I guess there are some things you never get used to.

You can't fake some of this chemistry, even when you get a guy and a girl and they've got to be together.

It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy.

I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.