All Sherman Alexie Quotes
- I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there. Career
- Don't live up to your stereotypes. Funny
- When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. Admire
- I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by… Adventurous
- I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. Arrogant
- If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time. All
- My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures. Authority
- The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more. Dream
- We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization. All
- In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the… Ambiguously
- Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very,… Actually Grew
- I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social… Apt
- My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror. Career
- Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian… Bird
- All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American… All
- There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social… All
- The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed,… Bed
- A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. Adult
- When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured into narcissistic special-interest… All
- If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing. Amazing