I know a lot about being white - because I have to, I live in the white world. A white person doesn't live in the Indian world. I have to be white every day.

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

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

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

I look more Indian when I'm serious.

In order to know somebody through their words, I mean, it has to be an, it has to be a letter, you know? It has to be a long e-mail. It has to be a five-page hand-written letter, you know, it has to be overwhelming and messy and sloppy as humans are.

Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian writers usually say "God," "Mother Earth," "Human Being, Dog, and Bird."