Quotes By Tony Hillerman
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.
Tony Hillerman
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.
Tony Hillerman
Although I wasn't 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.
Tony Hillerman
I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading.
Tony Hillerman
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
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