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"I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours."
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"I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner."
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"The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it."
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"Knowledge is enthusiasm to learn."
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"I don't study; I create."
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"I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours."
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"I study to learn, to be an educated person."
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"Study the nature around you, but also within you."
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"My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best."
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"Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure."
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"Prayer is the companion of Bible study."
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"I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?"
People
"In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country."
Religion
"Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There was a rudeness, a brusqueness, with which the Indians were treated constantly. At a very young age, that had entered my consciousness."
Age
"Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana."
Imagination
"Our literature is in great shape."
Literature
"I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is quite as universal."
Work
"I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours."
Study
"The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue."
Poems
"The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves."
Society
"I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians."
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