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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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"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."
"Sometimes you just have to have a can-do fuck you attitude."
"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."
"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."
"He who frowns when they say that he sucks shouldn't smile when they say that he rocks."
"When you consistently complain about the things you are gifted to do, check your motivation."
"Guard yourself with a positive attitude, conviction, hope and fulfillment of your heart's desire."
"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles."
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"I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home."
"The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college."
"Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like."
"You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart."
"An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place."
"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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