Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.

If you care about something enough, it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad. Arnold, get mad.

I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

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

All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American literature is stuck in one idea: sort of spiritual, environmentalist Indians. And I want to portray everyday lives. I think by doing that, by portraying the ordinary lives of Indians, perhaps people learn something new.

Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?

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