It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.
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.
When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town below. Let them think my body is snowflakes, sticking in their hair and on their shoulders like dandruff.
The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.
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.
I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.
Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons
Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.
I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.