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

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.

And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable.

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.

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.