People who want their love easy don't really want love.

My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.

The desire for love is universal but that has never meant it’s worthy of respect. It’s not admirable to want love, it just is.

For me, truth cracks open in the places where things do not cohere. That's how life is.

I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected of me, which is nothing compared to the life of an artist. Writers can live in obscurity and come out of the woodwork with a book, then go back in. Artists don’t have that luxury.

I am not a sun person at all. I think it's a cancerous poison and I don't want it touching me.

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.