I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis.
Edwidge DanticatCreating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force - people not realizing that they were always there but doing different things than what we see them doing at the moment.
Edwidge DanticatThe girl she said, I didnโt tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when they walk outside. Hearts are so precious. They donโt want to lose them.
Edwidge DanticatSometimes we mask ourselves to further reveal ourselves, and it's always been connected to me with being a writer: We tell lies to tell a greater truth. The story is a mask; the characters you create are masks. That appeals to me. Aside from that, too, in the carnival the masks were beautiful, and offered a vision of Haitian creativity.
Edwidge Danticat