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Tony Hillerman Quotes

The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college Picture Quote #1

I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home Picture Quote #1

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were Picture Quote #1

I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes’ cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites Picture Quote #1

The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college Picture Quote #1

How can you stop writing? Picture Quote #1

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Women are extremely important shapers of my own life Picture Quote #1

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it Picture Quote #1

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind Picture Quote #1

You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart Picture Quote #1

Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him Picture Quote #1

From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it Picture Quote #1

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A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff Picture Quote #1

Thoughts, and words that spring from them, bend the individual’s reality. To speak of death is to invite it. To think of sorrow is to produce it Picture Quote #1

Well you know I’ve been fan of Tony Hillerman’s books for years Picture Quote #1

I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading Picture Quote #1

An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place Picture Quote #1

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The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college. (Tony Hillerman Quotes) I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home (Tony Hillerman Quotes) Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were (Tony Hillerman Quotes) I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes’ cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites (Tony Hillerman Quotes) The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college (Tony Hillerman Quotes) How can you stop writing? (Tony Hillerman Quotes) Women are extremely important shapers of my own life (Tony Hillerman Quotes) I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it (Tony Hillerman Quotes) I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind (Tony Hillerman Quotes) You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart (Tony Hillerman Quotes) Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him (Tony Hillerman Quotes) From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it (Tony Hillerman Quotes) A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff (Tony Hillerman Quotes) Thoughts, and words that spring from them, bend the individual’s reality. To speak of death is to invite it. To think of sorrow is to produce it (Tony Hillerman Quotes) Well you know I’ve been fan of Tony Hillerman’s books for years (Tony Hillerman Quotes) I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading (Tony Hillerman Quotes) An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place (Tony Hillerman Quotes)