People Aren't Really Aware Of What's Happening

Sometimes Family Members Will Ask To Be Kept Out Of Certain Things That I'm Writing, And I Try To Respect That. I'd Much Rather Have Relatives Than A Book.

There Is Something Human About The Way People React To And Identify With Suffering. There's A Lot More Empathy In The World Than We Perhaps Realize.

When I Meet People For The First Time, I Always Put On My Glasses Because I Feel Like That's A Little Something Extra Between Me And Them. It's Like The Laurence Dunbar Poem "we Wear The Mask."

It Is The Calm And Silent Waters That Drown You.

When People Think About This Religion, They'll Say "voodoo" This And "voodoo" That In The Way The Hollywood Movies Show It: The Sticking Of Pins In Dolls. It's Very Different Than Vodou - Which Is A Religion That Comes To Haiti From Our Ancestors In Africa. I Want To Differentiate It From The Stereotypical, Sensationalized View That We See Of The Religion.