Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Facebook and Twitter and these other social sites bring every, I mean, 140 characters. I mean, I'm on Twitter and I have… — 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
In order to know somebody through their words, I mean, it has to be an, it has to be a letter, you… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Ialways think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I am extremely conscious of my tribalism. And when you talk about tribalism, you talk about living in a black and white… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight I became a good player. I suppose it had something… — 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
