Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.

To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that cant get through the mesh to bite you.

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. Thats my nature.

Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.

I dont call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I dont.

In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That's my nature.

May God give you much grace for every great work.

Don’t be too nice to him, ” I teased. “He’ll never leave.

But anyone with witch-blood in their veins was worth keeping an eye on.Or Thirteen.

It's amazing how stress keeps you trim.

Everything that gives pleasure has its reason. To scorn the mobs of those who go astray is not the means to bring them around.

Drawing is the true test of art.

The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.

Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.