You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.

I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture.

Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.

Every time somebody makes an Indian movie...Cher on a horse with a headdress and a miniskirt...the fashion industry cashes in.

I'm trying to entice people, and sometimes my information is very hard hitting. So I've always wanted to have a soft approach.