The humor was always there also, because even in desperate situations people are human. They still do funny things, and they still have their obsessi… - Linda Hogan

being "traditional" means you have a great deal of responsibility. Rather than people cutting themselves off from white communities to be traditional, the more I think about it in my life the more I have thought that breaking down those barriers is much more important than building them up. Any kind of racism at this point is not good for any people. And to become anti-white is a mistake. It's self-destructive for those who do. Talk about a balance of things-talk about head and heart or head and soul-somehow I think that merging the two cultures in a really healthy way, not as done in the past, might be an integration in the way that we were talking about earlier. Indians have already begun that process. Years ago. Now I see white people integrating in that way. Mostly women at this point.

How absolutely amazing all the life forms and their origins.

I never wanted to be a writer, either, but I suppose we each find a calling and fall into it.