I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

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

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

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

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

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

The future depends on attitude, aptitude, and gratitude--not on knowledge.

For a moment we're both silent, staring. I wonder if either of us really sees the other clearly anymore or if we stuck looking at the frozen images of who we used to be.

Just take my hand & let us dance under a chandelier of starlight.

Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.

If I did not believe God healed, I'd quit tomorrow and go get a job.

Playing against someone like Roger Federer is not easy. I had my chance today, but I guess I made a lot of errors. But I have no complaints.

The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.

Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

I think that different actors bring different qualities to the Batman character. It's such a wonderful mantle to put on that I think it's a lot of fun for different actors to see how they play it.