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
If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it's the worst sort of… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
They've been screaming about the death of literacy for years, but I think TV is the Gutenberg [printing] press. I think TV… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence… — 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
![“There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native Americans]. When an Indian guy does well, he's a warrior, even now. He could be a computer salesman, but if he does well, he's a warrior. I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but…” quote by Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/621/sherman-alexie-444_computer_there-s-this-whole-notion-of-being-an-in_1831106.jpg)
![“They've been screaming about the death of literacy for years, but I think TV is the Gutenberg [printing] press. I think TV is the only thing that keeps us vaguely in democracy even if it's in the hands of the corporate culture. If you're an artist you write in your time. Moaning about the fact…” quote by Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/715/sherman-alexie-444_artist_they-ve-been-screaming-about-the-death-o_2593462.jpg)
![“Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and bookstores are drowning polar bears. And if people can't see that or don't want to talk about it, I don't understand them at all.” quote by Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f88/sherman-alexie-444_bears_nobody-recognizes-that-a-bookstore-or-li_2604376.jpg)
