It was lunchtime and I was standing outside by the weird…

“He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not…

— Sherman Alexie

“Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were…

— Sherman Alexie

Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart…

— Sherman Alexie

“A century ago she might have been beautiful, her face reflected in the river instead of a mirror. But all the years have changed…

— Sherman Alexie

“In all those stories, I could fly.”

— Sherman Alexie

I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't…

— Sherman Alexie

She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.

— Sherman Alexie

“Is there really a difference between that killing and this killing? Does God approve of some killing and not other killing? If I kill…

— Sherman Alexie

“Son, things have never been like how you think they used to be.”

— Sherman Alexie

My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes can also…

— Sherman Alexie

“Or maybe I could have anesthetized myself with homework and extra credit and binge-reading.”

— Sherman Alexie

“Dear wife, I'm sorry that I am mysteriously incapable of folding clean laundry, but I iron, oh, I iron. Sweetheart, I'll make your white…

— Sherman Alexie

“Gordy,” I said. “I need to talk to you." "I don't have time," he said. "Mr. Orcutt and I have to debug some PCs.…

— Sherman Alexie

“The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to forget. The…

— Sherman Alexie

I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and…

— Sherman Alexie