I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up. But in fiction the real details give you so much more credibility, because people do so much research just to write fiction. In fiction you're trying to recreate something lifelike.
Edwidge DanticatWe try to keep the beautiful memories, but other things from the past creep up on us.
Edwidge DanticatNapoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money.
Edwidge DanticatWhen you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done!
Edwidge Danticat