"The novel is a way of knowing, not a way of telling."

"The past is a country from which we can never escape."

"You can't have a good marriage unless you're a good person."

"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

"Racism is a construct, a social construct, and it has a motive. It has a profit. It has an agenda."