Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters is the question of land.

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner.

If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives

The truth about stories is, that's all we are.

Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous.

There are no truths. Only stories.

I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you.

Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.

If it ain't about what's real, what's happenin' right now, it ain't the blues.

History is the stories we tell about the past.

More than that, in the five hundred years of European OCCUPATION, Native cultures have already driven themselves to be remarkably tenacious and resilient.

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out.

Respect is that great spirit of good, which creates the beautiful space giving all souls the simple room to breathe.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.

I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures.

When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.

I realized that I'd rather die with you than live with someone else.

I thought I knew it all. Again, I knew absolutely nothing.