People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.

People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.

Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.”

I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.

Here, though, there is nothing. Nothing at all. The sky seems empty even when I am looking at the moon and stars.

We try to keep the beautiful memories, but other things from the past creep up on us.

Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed.