My father was a trigamist; he supported three families. We were never not poor.

Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.

I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level any reflection of themselves

We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it is free and, in a way, it's an extraordinary bargain.

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

I think the average guy thinks they're pro-woman, just because they think they're a nice guy and someone has told them that they're awesome. But the truth is far from it.

[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.

Love life comes last in my life. I put real life first.

But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.

I am an atheist.

I am a woman, hear me roar," I said. Gosh, what prompted that?" Amelia asked, and I jumped

My heart goes out to him. Sort of. Because empathy depends on how you've spent your day.

Landscape is history made visible.

I believe in workers rights when people are doing a good job. If somebody needs support I am always there, but if they're taking the piss, I am hard on them.

The line between good and evil is movable and it's permeable.

Science and art are not opposed.

If you love someone and they reject and neglect, you gotta move on, there's no point running in circles for someone when there's no reward.