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Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something.

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would outdo them both.

I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language.

I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.

I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household.

Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.