Madison Smartt Bell Quotes

To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that cant get through the mesh to bite you.

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. Thats my nature.

Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.

I dont call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I dont.

In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).

Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That's my nature.