Tony Hillerman

From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#order #patterns #rain #randomness #weather

Women are extremely important shapers of my own life. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#important #life #my own #own #women

An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#author #best #feel #get #his

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

#grew #grown #having #i #knew

How can you stop writing? ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#stop #writing #you

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#fit #i #i always #make #mind

Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#blood #culture #indian #much

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

#bench #elderly #exotic #felt #few

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#humanity #i #i see #make #reflect

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

#arts #back #bank #bank robbery #being