I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me… — 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
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I don’t want long hair, I don’t want short hair, I don’t want hair at all, and I don’t want to be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at… — 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
The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when… — 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 often shamans because people just assumed that God gave seizure-visions to the lucky ones. Gay people were seen as magical, too. I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share
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
