We Try To Keep The Beautiful Memories,

The Past Is Like The Hair On Our Head. I Moved To New York When I Was Twelve, But You Always Have This Feeling That Wherever You Come From, You Physically Leave It, But It Doesn't Leave You.

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.

For The Majority Of The People It Is A Difficult Place To Live. That's A Reality That We Can't Ignore. But There Is Also Great Beauty To It.

I Was Able To Not Fold And Go In A Corner Because I Had My Writing As Therapy, But Also As My Tool For Struggle.

We All Have A Tendency To Over Generalize Our Individual Experiences. After I've Published Something, I'll Meet Someone Who Says, "i'm Haitian, And I Don't Know This, So It Must Not Be True." Even If We're Talking About A Work Of Fiction. I've Gotten Very Angry Myself Reading Many Things About Haiti. We're Not A Monolithic Group; No Group Is. Also, It's Important To Keep In Mind The Genre In Which We Are Writing. Fiction Is Full Of Invented Stories About Exceptional People In Exceptional Situations. Those Situations Are Not Always Cheery Or Celebratory.