All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

In 25 years of exile, I've never had a frozen account, either in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

There is always something beautiful to hope for. Always have a goal to shoot for.

Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist]

Desire is a powerful boat herding anchors and chains in the middle of the night.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

By being friends with all, we are not alone.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.

I'm impatient sometimes.

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

I'm the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night.