I sang "O Holy Night" in a school choir. My mother came and listened to me and complimented me. So that was the high point. I cannot sing a note.

There is really nothing more to say - except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

Let your face speak what's in your heart. When my kids walk in the room my face says I'm glad to see them.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.

Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.

Love is never any better than the lover.