"all young writers should understand that even those things that we throw in the trash can are necessary to get us to …"

"The attitude of the white shaman is that he knows more about Indians than the Indians know. (1976)"

"the ease I have in writing?...It must come from being immersed in a community where every interaction reinforces a na…"

"(Q: When you saw that it was going to be an almanac, what difference did that make?) A: Then I started to think about…"

"I am never far away from oral narrative, storytelling and narration, and the use of narrative to order experience. Th…"

"The most radical kinds of politics are not in harangues given at stupid rallies. I mean the most earth-shaking kinds …"

"(Q: Why do you stay in Arizona?) A: Turn tail and run and go to some little Shangri-la? Ha! I am a part of this. You …"

"I was really fortunate because I was surrounded by generations of women. I never thought that women weren't as strong…"

"(Q: What's missing in contemporary writers?) A: They're disconnected. The sense of not being a part of anything. The …"

"(How do you feel about the Bicentennial-do you have feelings about it?) LMS: Oh, I do, definitely, I have all kinds o…"