We're All Travelling Heavy With Illusions.

It's Not Oil That Runs The World, It's Shame.

What Inspires A Poem For Me Is Usually A Moment.

That's One More Thing People Don't Know About Indians: We Love To Talk Dirty.

There Isn't A Lot Of Poverty Literature In The Young-adult World. And I Don't Know Why That Is, But I Think Certainly I Felt A Gap.

...there Are Some Children Who Aren't Really Children At All, They're Just Pillars Of Flame That Burn Everything They Touch. And There Are Some Children Who Are Just Pillars Of Ash, That Fall Apart When You Touch Them..." ~ Thomas Builds-the-fire (played By Evan Adams) In Alexie's "smoke Signals