American Fiction (film)

"Let me say first, Carl, that I'm honored you'd choose me out of all the black writers you could go to out of fear of being called racist."

"My life is a disaster, but not in the way you'd think reading this shit. These things reduce us, and they do it over and over again because too many white people and people, apparently like you, devour this slop like pigs in a dumpster to stay current at fucking cocktail parties."

"The dumber I behave, the richer I get."

"Potential is what people see when they think what's in front of them isn't good enough."

"Nobody in Hollywood reads. They get their assistants to read things and then summarize them. The whole town runs on book reports."

"Imagine exploding your brain trying to think of a toilet paper commercial."

"People wanna love you, Monk. I personally don't know what they see in you, but they wanna love you. You should let them love all of you."

"Coraline: [to Monk] One day maybe you'll learn that not being able to relate to other people isn't a badge of honor."

"Jeffrey Wright - Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison"

"Tracee Ellis Ross - Dr. Lisa Ellison"

"Issa Rae - Sintara Golden"

"Sterling K. Brown - Dr. Clifford "Cliff" Ellison"

"John Ortiz - Arthur"

"Erika Alexander - Coraline"

"Leslie Uggams - Agnes Ellison"

"Adam Brody - Wiley Valdespino"

"Keith David - Willy the Wonker"

"Okieriete Onaodowan - Van Go Jenkins"

"Myra Lucretia Taylor - Lorraine"

"Raymond Anthony Thomas - Maynard"

"Miriam Shor - Paula Baderman"

"Michael Cyril Creighton - John Bosco"

"Patrick Fischler - Mandel"

"Neal Lerner - Wilson Harnet"

"J. C. MacKenzie - Carl Brunt"