When she smiles niggers ask her for her hand in marriage; when I smile folks check their wallets.

I always wanted to read. I always thought I was going to be a historian. I would go to school and study history and then end up in law school, once, I ran out of loot trying to be a history high school teacher. But my dream was always to place myself in a situation where I was always surrounded by books.

The idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.

Then you look at her and smile a smile your dissembling face will remember until the day you die. Baby, you say, baby, this is part of my novel. This is how you lose her.

If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

Anger has a way of returning.