I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.
“That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!”
“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.”