We can speculate. Last time I checked, the future doesn't take my advice.

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.

I feared my soul was dying, being replaced by the monster I would become.

Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.

A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...

I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

I can train any dog in 5 minutes. It's training the owner that takes longer.

I see myself as an entertainer.

Reality is perfect light. It frees you from the limitations of this world, from the ugliness, from the unhappiness of limited perception.

Because music gets you high, so it makes sense to sing about what else gets you high.

If you really want to make a lot of money, start your own religion.