People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.

- Mat Johnson

For some reason, people always assign high cheekbones to some ethnicity, but apparently by their regards, everybody on earth has high cheekbones. So …

- Mat Johnson

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.

- Mat Johnson

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find yo…

- Mat Johnson

I look white to a lot of people. And I'm not. I'm African-American. I'm mixed. I like to call myself Mulatto because that definition fits. So, you kn…

- Mat Johnson

I start with fear. It comes in so many forms. When I write, some of the fear goes away. So I write into the fear, and even more dissipates. I want to…

- Mat Johnson

I'm really suspicious of anybody who comes in and says, this is your identity now, or this is your belief system, and now that you have this, everyth…

- Mat Johnson

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

- Mat Johnson

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

- Mat Johnson