I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write.

Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.

I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.

I thought a lot about how so many memoirs about fatness focus on weight loss; they don't focus on living with weight in a world that is rather inhospitable to it. So I knew that was the idea that was going to be most interesting and most challenging, and I like to be challenged as a writer.

I don't read the comments anymore, unless they are moderated. Which is not to say censored, but I don't need to read someone saying, "You're ugly."

My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers.

With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.