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Tony Hillerman quotes

American Author May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008

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Tony Hillerman quote: "Women are extremely important shapers of my own life."
Women are extremely important shapers of my own life. Tony Hillerman
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
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
Tony Hillerman quote: "An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell..."
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. Tony Hillerman
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
Tony Hillerman quote: "You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are..."
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart. Tony Hillerman
Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like. Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman quote: "I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it."
I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it. Tony Hillerman
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
Tony Hillerman quote: "I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as..."
I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading. Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman quote: "From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand..."
From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it. Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman quote: "I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind."
I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind. Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman quote: "How can you stop writing?"
How can you stop writing? Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman quote: "Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture."
Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture. Tony Hillerman
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

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