In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.

The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.

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.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

Sex offers incredible narrative opportunities and so many emotions are tied up in sex. Also, I mean, the erotic is always a fun creative space.

It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.