I have never fully exorcised shames that struck me to the heart as a child except through written violence, shadowy caricature, and dark jokes. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
When I moved to Minnesota, I found there was a thriving and determined movement, a grassroots movement, to revitalize the Ojibwe language. And I’ve never come to be a competent speaker. I have to say that right now. But even learning the amount of Ojibwe that one can at my age is a life-altering experience. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don’t predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble – but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
Nothing I force myself to write about ever turns out well, and so I’ve learned to wait for the voice, the incident, the image that reverberates. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
What I see in the book is an exquisite form of technology: one that doesn’t require a power source and can be passed from hand to hand and lasts a lot longer than an electronic reader. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn’t leave until I was 18, and I’ve kept going back. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
There are several kinds of land on reservations. And all of these pieces of land have different entities who are in charge of enforcing laws on this land. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
Talking about how I might write the next book is like talking about whether or not to have sex. Any dithering ruins it. Louise Erdrich Read Quote
