It’s so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
I use not casual phrases but imagistic phrases that create a rhythm of natural presence. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
There are 13 stories in ‘The Fencepost Chronicles’ about corrupt tribal leaders, trouble on the reserve, survival schemes, and communal drinking. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
Confucius would give his seat to an old woman. Communist cadres, on the other hand, took the best seats and called it a cultural revolution. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
If you desecrate a white grave, you wind up sitting in prison. But desecrate an Indian grave, and you get a Ph.D. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you’re not held back by the facts. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
W. P. Kinsella, who was born on a farm near Edmunton, Alberta, has earned wide recognition for his wild imagination and rash humor as a writer. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
Indians are usually seen as capsulized: limited to one environment, with the illusion of stability in that environment. But Indians have been engaged all over the world for centuries, in Europe, even in Asia. Gerald Vizenor Read Quote
