American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.