It took me 14 years to write 'Crazy Brave' because I kept changing the form and I also kept running away from the story. I said I don't really want to write about myself. But it's about writing about memory.

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.

I've been present at birth, and death is just as present and in equal balance. And I've been present at death, and birth is just as present, again in equal balance.

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.

Horror does better when it's bubbling under. It's a niche. It doesn't like the limelight.

Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.

In the kids' home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because they were being paid enough to stay there and raise their families. If you're not supporting the people looking after the kids, you're not supporting the kids, and you might as well chuck them all in the bin.