If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart and burp as well.

Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This idea about bringing digital tech into schools is great, but once again I'll say that this is not how people actually learn.

At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future.

We all have to find our own ways to say good-bye.

and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or two depending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . .

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.