It Is The Calm And Silent Waters

And The Fact That Haiti Was Occupied For 19 Years By The United States, From 1915 To 1934.

That Experience Of Touching Down In A Totally Foreign Place Is Like Having A Blank Canvas: You Begin With Nothing, But Stroke By Stroke You Build A Life. This Process Requires Everything Great Art Requires-risk-tasking, Hope, A Great Deal Of Imagination, All The Qualities That Are The Building Blocks Of Art. You Must Be Able To Dream Something Nearly Impossible And Toil To Bring It Into Existence.

Once You're Involved In The Work, It's Really Just You And The Characters And The Words.

I Hope To Be A Good Role Model For My Daughters.

When You Are Working On Something, You Have To Believe That People Will Still Be Reading When You're Done!