To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level.

People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.

I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication.

AIDS was something that was put upon us [as haitians], and we were immediately identified with it. That is unfair. That is unjust. I always say, "We are all people living with AIDS." It's not like you can avoid it. It's part of our world.

The girl she said, I didn’t 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 don’t want to lose them.

In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in the form of the American occupation from 1915 to 1934."