but back then, in those first days, I was so alone that every day was like eating my own heart.

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.

The gospel of Truth is holy word of God.

To have affluence is to spread kingdom principles

Novelties please less than they impress.

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid.

I used to make love to Green Day's music. But 9 minutes? I'm not Superman.

Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it.

The only really indecent people are the chaste.

My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time.

A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.