Sometimes you have to disclaim your country and inhabit another before you can return to your own.

The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are life issues.

I think that the only thing that can bring us into a place of fullness is being out in the land with other. Then we remember where the source of our power lies.

When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.

What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is gnawing at your bones.