Merengue is a fast rhythm, you know, and danceable. Bachata is like a slow, romantic Caribbean bolero.

I have a dream of getting a visa, which is a dream that many people have so they can leave their countries to come someplace else, specifically they want to come to the United States.

We have a pride of who we are as Latinos, regardless if we're Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and we're very proud of our customs and our history and our traditions and who we are.

May God fill this beautiful land of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador with his peace and love.

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.

Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone.

Paris is so beautiful. Mr. President, you should really think about going there sometime.

The means of control that record labels had vis-à-vis distribution no longer exist.

I've discovered that you can't change people. They can change themselves.

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

It sure made me feel good to be here today, and have so many people say so many kind things.