Sherman Alexie Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic.”

“What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.”

“I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.”

“My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.”

“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 positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.”

“My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.”

“All I owe the world is my art.”

“My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.”

“I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.”

“The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives are just as complicated as ours. They might have a few less tools to deal with it because they're young, but the emotions are all the same, and the subject matter is all the same.”