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

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

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

"[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 firs…"

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

"[Jamal opens the letter] Dear Jamal, Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may f…"

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

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