"I used to think the world was broken down by tribes," I said. "By black and white. By Indian and white. But I know that isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not."

I know I'll keep writing poems. That's the constant. I don't know about novels. They're hard. It takes so much concentrated effort. When I'm writing a novel it's pretty much all I can do. I get bored. It takes months. Movies do the same thing. It's all-encompassing. It feels like I'm going to end up writing poems, short stories and screenplays.

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.

I'm a poet who can whine in meter

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.