Quotes by James Welch

The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations,...

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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language...

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Our literature is in great shape.

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Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would...

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My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no...

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In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the...

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I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours.

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I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind...

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I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I...

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I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on...

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I do believe in the viability of Indian spiritualism.

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I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller.

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