Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.

It's hard to tell what people will do with the word and how they'll be circulating it but I think the storytellers and the stories themselves will always be there.

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.

Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.

I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti.

The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.

We need literature because we wouldn’t fully know ourselves without it. We need good literature to be fully human.