There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?

We all fight on two fronts, the one facing the enemy, the one facing what we do to the enemy.

The world is a different place in this new century, [...]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens any longer to what they tell us, what they warn us. I knew even as a young woman that destruction bred on the horizon. [...] War touches everyone, and windigos spring from the earth.

Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.

The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.