I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.

People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true.

There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows is very much a part of the Indian experience.

America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.

I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world.

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years.

There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?

Oh you cut your hair! What happened? Are you going through a breakup or something?""My favorite character died.

Life is a nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.

They say there are only two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: the Irish, and the people that drive them home.

My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment.

My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.

A prophet weeps while others are laughing.