There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place. — Ian Frazier Contemptuous Copy Share Image
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does,… — Ian Frazier Does Copy Share Image
I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge,… — Ian Frazier Anybody Copy Share Image
Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can. — Ian Frazier Opportunity Copy Share Image
I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out. — Ian Frazier Believe Copy Share Image
Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows… — Ian Frazier Connection Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I… — Ian Frazier Alluring Copy Share Image
On two or three book tours, I have visited bookstores in the Mall of America and signed copies of my books and… — Ian Frazier America Copy Share Image
Cursing dads are terrifying, you know? Cursing dads are - I don't know why, but no. It just doesn't seem to me… — Ian Frazier Be you Copy Share Image
Roy Blount is so funny, and he sounds like he's just talking, and the next thing you know he has tossed off… — Ian Frazier Birdsong Copy Share Image
When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree. — Ian Frazier Climbed Copy Share Image
To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag… — Ian Frazier Bag Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away. — Ian Frazier Far away Copy Share Image
“In Russia, meanwhile, dedicated young people kept trying to kill the tsar.” — Ian Frazier Humor Copy Share Image
With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I… — Ian Frazier All day Copy Share Image
I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects… — Ian Frazier American Copy Share Image
Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew. — Ian Frazier Charm Copy Share Image
“Katya talked about how the Russian language is being destroyed by poor education and by the sloppiness of nonnative speakers who ignore… — Ian Frazier Education Copy Share Image
I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will. — Ian Frazier Disappear Copy Share Image
America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time. — Ian Frazier America Copy Share Image
“America is a leap of the imagination. From its beginning, people had only a persistent idea of what a good country should… — Ian Frazier Action Copy Share Image
“Some settlers began with no implements but an ax. In conversation, the subject of axes--their ideal weight, their proper helves--was more popular… — Ian Frazier Communication Copy Share Image
