The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy;… — James Welch Attitude Copy Share Image
I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in… — James Welch Kind Copy Share Image
The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just… — James Welch Community Copy Share Image
The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke,… — James Welch Bar Copy Share Image
I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller. — James Welch Am Copy Share Image
Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There… — James Welch Age Copy Share Image
My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of… — James Welch Fitness Copy Share Image
I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is… — James Welch I think Copy Share Image
To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful. — James Welch Admire Copy Share Image
Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become… — James Welch Creativity Copy Share Image
Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix… — James Welch Defeated Copy Share Image
I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be… — James Welch Always Copy Share Image
In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world… — James Welch Best Copy Share Image
