The great spider never worries itself chasing after its prey with all of its energy and strength. It only exerts its energy each morning to build its web in a magnificent way

...it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours.

Love in a hut with water and a crust Is - Love forgive us! - cinders ashes dust.

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born.

I write for myself things that I've gone through.

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in the form of the American occupation from 1915 to 1934."

Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that we have failed to see it.

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.

Try squeezing a handful of water, and see how quickly it disappears. But relax and let your hand flow in the same water, and you have the experience of the water as long as you like.