I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

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.

It just be life, that's all. Ain't nothin' happened to you, ain't happened to most women whether they care to admit it or not. You strong, Babygirl. You a woman. You gotta be.

Supplication comes from a place of intrinsic desperation resulting from a broken and contrite heart.

People buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.

I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.

Together linkt with adamantine chains.

If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face.

Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.