Finding Forrester

"[to Jamal] What you write in this apartment stays in this apartment. No exceptions."

"The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time."

"No thinking — that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!"

"My name is...William Forrester. [put on glasses] Excuse me. [drinking a water; pointing to a 'writers's wall of fame picture] I'm that one."

"Bolt the door, if you're coming in."

"Why is it that the words that we write for ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?"

"Punch the keys, for God's sake!"

"Yes! YES! You're the man now, dog!"

"[Jamal opens the letter] Dear Jamal, Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed. You need to know that while I knew so very early that you would realize your dreams, I never imagined I would once again realize my own. Seasons change young man, and while I may have waited until the winter of my life, to see the things I've seen this past year, there is no doubt I would have waited too long, had it not been for you."

"I'll take poor assumptions for $800, Alex"

"Man, You William, You too scared man...."

"They always let you get but so far... before they take everything away from you."