"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!"

"[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...."