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"I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites."
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"I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading."
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"You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart."
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