I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's not a book culture. That's why I'm trying to make movies. Indians go to movies; Indians own video recorders.

Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be called a book if it never gets read? If a tree falls in a forest and gets pulped to make paper for a book that never gets read, but there's nobody there to read it, does it make a sound?

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

What if someone picks on me?" I asked Then I'll pick on them". What if someone picks my nose?" I asked. The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

I think I was born with a suitcase.