When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West. — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“but I rarely did anything I didn't feel like doing, and maybe this was the main difference between the whites and the Comanches, which… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“resacas have all gone dry. The entire earth, it seems, is being slowly transformed into” — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
I just assume that I'll fail at something for several years - that I'll try my hardest and still fail for several years. With… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“They all want to be rich, same as we do, but they do not admit to themselves that you only get rich by taking… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“Of course you wanted your children to have it better than you had. But at what point was it not better at all?” — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“I might be killed any day, by whites or hostile Indians, I might be run down by a grizzly or a pack of buffalo… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“You could not measure yourself against the dead, they retained their perfection while your flesh got weaker and weaker.” — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“I have always found it interesting that white children take so quickly to Indian ways, while Indian children, when brought to be raised in… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
“There had been a time when this was not unusual. A time when the wealthy were exemplars. When you held yourself to a higher… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share
