"La memoria es el territorio donde habitan los fantasmas de nuestra identidad."
我不认为自己是一个碰巧是黑人的作家。我认为自己是一个黑人作家。
"Children need to know that it's okay to be different."
Life is too short to waste time on negativity.
The artist must be blind to distinctions between 'class' and 'popular'. The artist must love life and show that we can be a mirror to the world and humanity.
"The fundamental fact about all of us is that we're alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real root cause of all our anger and pain."