I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.

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.

Define your destiny and drive with abandon!

Our Higher Self: The part of us that is connected to nature and also humanity" from Cinderella in Focus: Cindy's Secret

You can't counter a heroic impulse with a mundane and bourgeois response. You can counter it only with a more compelling heroic vision.

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Our Father which art in heaven - Stay there - And we will stay on earth - Which is sometimes so pretty.

Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.

If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live

Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.