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List of Tony Hillerman Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 20 inspiring quotes by Tony Hillerman.

About Tony Hillerman

  • Born: May 27, 1925
  • Died: October 26, 2008
  • Occupation: Author
    • 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
    War Teenager Oklahoma
    I am 82 years old. i imagine that i will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading.
    Book Reading Writing
    Although i wasnt 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.
    House Vietnam Might
    Women are extremely important shapers of my own life.
    Important My Own My Own Life
    How can you stop writing?
    Writing
    I try to make my books reflect humanity as i see it.
    Book Humanity Trying
    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.
    Inspirational Funny Graduation
    I always try to make the setting fit the story i have in mind.
    Mind Trying Stories
    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.
    Attitude Two Mind
    Being indian is not blood as much as it is culture.
    Blood Culture Indian
    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.
    Writing Home Elderly
    The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. i wish i had written forty words for sorrow. giles blunt has a tremendous talent. if you miss forty words for sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001.
    Book Giving Missing
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