Environmentalism is a luxury. Just like being a vegetarian is a luxury. When you have to worry about eating - you're not going to be worried about where the food's coming from, or who made your shoes. Poverty, whether planned or not planned, is a way of making environmentalism moot.

She was in pain and I loved her, sort of loved her, I guess, so I kind of had to love her pain, too.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Summer coming like a car from down the highway.

Can you hear the dreams crackling like a campfire? Can you hear the dreams sweeping through the pine trees and tipis? Can you hear the dreams laughing in the sawdust? Can you hear the dreams shaking just a little bit as the day grows long? Can you hear the dreams putting on a good jacket that smells of fry bread and sweet smoke? Can you hear the dreams stay up late and talk so many stories?