the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

I don't make outlines or plans because whenever I do, they turn out to be useless. It is as if I am compelled to violate the scope of any outline or plan; it is as if the writing does not want me to know what is about to happen.

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

Things which don't shift and grow are dead things.