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

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

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

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?

Come let's go inside. I'm sure you and your men are hungry.""Yes, " Allan said, grinning."Shameless, " I heard David grunt."There is no glory in shame, " Allan said back.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace making the complicated simple awesomely simple that's creativity.

I think Balanchine and Robbins talk to God and when I call, he's out to lunch.

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

To me, what you want to do is find a way to let this play out between the virtual world and the physical world...Ultimately, I think society will get there. It will be messy, but we'll get there.

They were each like a mirror for the other, reflecting the changes in themselves.

When you think, you think in terms of your culture.

It is a pity we do not die when our lives are finished.

Let the path be open to talent.