The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent.

The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.

I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.

The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.

A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the men being six feet high.

If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me short of visiting every nation of Indians on the Continent of North America.

Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.

I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.

Music keeps the soul alive.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power of being oneself and someone else at one and the same time.

The pencil-stroke is like cutting into the heart.

Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.

I think there's definitely billions and billions in waste, fraud and abuse. There's billions that can be generated in the economy by eliminating the bureaucracy.

I'm too full to swallow my pride