The people I know who would support [Donald] Trump are keeping their mouths shut.

I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.

I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?'

Mine (story) ain't the scariest, the clearest, the most painful, or the most beautiful. It just happens to be the one that's got it's fingers around my throat.

I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.

You know how it is when you get back with somebody you’ve loved. It felt better than it ever was, better than it ever could be again

[The biggest disappointment is] that he [Barack Obama] deported everybody and their grandmother.