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

Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask.

It is the calm and silent waters that drown you.

When you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done!

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.

And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.