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. (Madison Smartt Bell)

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

Madison Smartt Bell

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

Madison Smartt Bell

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.

Madison Smartt Bell

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.

Madison Smartt Bell

I had been an abject fan of Robert Stone since the early eighties, when I borrowed a copy of 'A Flag for Sunrise' to read on a plane to Rome. I was twenty-something, with a first novel under my belt.

Madison Smartt Bell

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

Madison Smartt Bell