“I had a very free childhood and ranged around on my bicycle the way boys do. I had few restrictions.” Quote by Louise Erdrich
“Being a girl didn't really affect me until I entered junior high and had to wear skirts, curl my hair, and even get used to panty hose. However, my hatred of panty hose helped make me a writer who only wears comfortable clothes. I've successfully avoided panty hose for most of my life.” UsedGirlHairComfortableClothesHatredAvoidedJuniorsSkirtsCurlsJunior HighBeing A GirlPanty Hose Author:Louise Erdrich
“Sometimes a person's monstrosity seems superhuman.” PersonsSometimesSeemsSuperhumanMonstrosity Author:Louise Erdrich
“I make very involved drawings, even little structures, and try using design to figure out the rhythm of a plot. If there are several narrators then a clue has to pop up in the first line. There have to be certain grammatical clues, or distinctive names.” IfsTryingFirstsLittlesCertainNamesLinesFiguresDesignInvolvedStructurePopsDrawingRhythmPlotClueDistinctiveNarrators Author:Louise Erdrich
“I always have some way of putting the stories together that works for the book. I've always switched points of view in my books. I'm a Gemini.” WayBookStoriesTogetherViewsPoint Of View Author:Louise Erdrich
“If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work.” IfsCausesReturnHabitDisciplineTraitsAgain And AgainAlasObsessiveObsessive Compulsive Author:Louise Erdrich
“I want to remember what bullshit looks like when weapons of mass destruction are diagrammed out and whacko "intelligence" is delivered in an ominous way to strike fear into people and especially to pull on the idealism and zeal of the young.” PeopleWayWantLooksRememberYoungWeaponsMassDestructionStrikesBullshitIdealismZealWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionOminous Author:Louise Erdrich
“I am at the bookstore a lot, but let my friends, the professional Birchbark Books staff, handle the day in and day out.” BookMy FriendsHandleStaffBookstores Author:Louise Erdrich
“Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It's absolutely unacceptable.” ThinkingShouldPersonsJobsRaceDefinitionsRacistCommentTextbooks Author:Paul Ryan
“I want audiences to look at adolescent delinquents with greater understanding and more compassion.” WantLooksUnderstandingCompassionAudienceGreaterDelinquents Author:Emmanuelle Bercot