Think only about what is holy. Empty your mind.

We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

For me, the essence of a medicine man's life is to be humble, to have great patience, to be close to the Earth, to live as simply as possible, and to never stop learning.

Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air.

Wakan Tanka never stops creating.

She could not bring herself to turn away from the night sky, for the stars and the blackness were the only escape she had when old faded memories returned to haunt her.

One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, and live in the world as if in a vast museum of strangeness.

I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

Vulnerability is a wonderful thing. We're all so afraid to be vulnerable in this world.

A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can't see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!

What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time

What lies north of the North Pole?

If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem.