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.

Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian writers usually say "God," "Mother Earth," "Human Being, Dog, and Bird."

And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.

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.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

The cello looks like a woman to me. And, you know, the curves. And so I am in a way, and it's funny to admit this, I am sexually attracted to the cello, the curves really get me. So as I watched him play, you know, Yo Yo Ma is sort of making love to a beautiful woman.

Let us now celebrate the literary allusion.