All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“You read a book for the story, for each of its words," Gordy said, "and you draw your cartoons for the story,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Can a writer forget something that he’s written in one of his own books? Yes, of course.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“You should approach each book -- you should approach life -- with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
We can all learn from every text. Reading the work that disgusts you can only strengthen your core beliefs. I could teach… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Every book is a mystery. And if you read all the books ever written, it's like you've read one giant mystery. And… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike;… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I then vowed to finally finish the years-late sequel to my best-selling book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My books for adults had been previously challenged and banned so I'd had experience with it. I always find it sad and… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I refuse to censor myself and kids will find their own way to my books and to all of the books that… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Or maybe I could have anesthetized myself with homework and extra credit and binge-reading.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
