Books Quotes by Sherman Alexie

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

— Sherman Alexie

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

— Sherman Alexie

Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.

— Sherman Alexie

Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.

— Sherman Alexie

Books and beer are the best and worst defense.

— Sherman Alexie

That's right, I am a book kisser.

— Sherman Alexie

“He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better…

— Sherman Alexie

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

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

— Sherman Alexie

A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

— Sherman Alexie

“Can a writer forget something that he’s written in one of his own books? Yes, of course.”

— Sherman Alexie

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.

— Sherman Alexie

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

“That's right I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.”

— Sherman Alexie

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

I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me…

— Sherman Alexie

“I bet you a million dollars there are less than five books in this whole house. What kind of life can you…

— Sherman Alexie

My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long,…

— Sherman Alexie

Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This…

— Sherman Alexie

“I don't think you should run through life with a real erect penis. But you should approach each book - you should…

— Sherman Alexie

“Every time they ban the book, it becomes national headlines. I sell more books, so it’s actually lucrative for me. We call…

— Sherman Alexie

“You should approach each book -- you should approach life -- with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner…

— Sherman Alexie

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

Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be…

— Sherman Alexie

“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

I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers.…

— Sherman Alexie

Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to…

— Sherman Alexie

“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with…

— Sherman Alexie

All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot…

— Sherman Alexie

Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike;…

— Sherman Alexie

“Listen," he said one afternoon in the library. "You have to read a book three times before you know it. The first…

— Sherman Alexie

“You read a book for the story, for each of its words," Gordy said, "and you draw your cartoons for the story,…

— Sherman Alexie

“Mick had once come across one of Wilson't books and was surprised to see his face on the back cover. Mick was…

— Sherman Alexie

“so cute and quaint. It actually makes me feel so positive about books. That people are still so afraid of books that…

— Sherman Alexie

“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m…

— Sherman Alexie

“Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be…

— Sherman Alexie

“As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in…

— Sherman Alexie

“And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read becuase they live in…

— Sherman Alexie

Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

— Sherman Alexie

I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.

— Sherman Alexie