On any state elections map, the reservations are blue places. Native people are most often progressives, Democrats, and by no means gun-toting vigilantes.

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise.

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.

By making the gay character funny and sweet but above all normal, you make a far better, longer lasting statement than you would if you had an entirely gay comedy.

Moving to Mumbai was difficult, as survival was a major concern. I was not from a very well-to-do family.

If I can relate to the joke, it's going to be funny.