It's so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence.

Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.

The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.

There is a sense of motion and a concise, immediate image in haikus and Anishinaabe dream songs.

The number 10 player is the star of the team, and you have more responsibility.

What you learn from my life is, first of all, that anybody can be a leader. You can be a leader. I wasn't born that way - I developed it, I worked at it. And also that the grassroots can organize and take on all the powers that be and defeat them. That is the lesson.

I went to a school with the kids of judges and elected officials and architects, civil leaders, and influencers. And I felt very much a minority in every way. But it did expose me to incredible things.

Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.