"Make no mistake, there’s formula detective fiction, there’s formula science fiction…but there’s formula literary fict…"

"I was trying on being a writer for size…I was trying on writing about things that are close to me for size. Like sexu…"

"A lot of it came out of all the research and reading I was doing. African folklore is just so lush. There’s something…"

"Being a big black man in America, I literally do not know how to conduct myself in a physical space. I don’t know how…"

"i have a break in my hair i'm here all the time just a hair and i would be beautiful"

"I have a furnace similar to the triumphal gate! They're taking away my furnace similar to the triumphal gate!! Give m…"

"i was afraid of my stomach squeaking confused him with an invisible mouse."

"I went into a full store; glass lamps were burning, I saw someone - who sat down, and what did I hear?... what did I …"

"i assumed: one day you'll get bored of me but still still i'm waiting you come still i'm waiting you're not coming ye…"

"I am a Denderowianka. I don't know what that means."