I look more Indian when I'm serious.

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)

I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.

and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or two depending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . .

The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.

If it's fiction, then it better be true.

You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. (191)