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“I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.”
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“Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish such a book had been available fifteen years ago when I was in the early stages of researching my series of novels. Popkin has been deft and tactful in stitching together these excerpts, and as a result, he manages to tell a complete version of the Revolution almost entirely in the words of the people who experienced it-this book engaged me deeply.”
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“Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.”
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“Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.”
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“An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“We are moving people from welfare to work. On welfare, we launch a quiet revolution.”
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“You've got to be a little nasty out there. But most of the time, I'm having fun.”
