I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue

What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.