What I don't write is as important as what I write.

Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.

I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle.

What frustrates me is to see African-Americans behave as though what European-Americans say is worthwhile. It simply isn't. It's just some silly people who can make laws and have the power to enforce them. I'm often amazed at the conversations black people have about themselves. They ought to be having these conversations about white people. It's white people who are flawed and at fault.

Sometimes when someone says something stupid, my friends and I just read the reviews out loud and collapse with laughter at the stupidity of it all.

I write out of defiance.

I come from the small island of Antigua and I always wanted to write; I just didn't know that it was possible.