Quotes by Sherman Alexie

About Sherman Alexie:

Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is an American poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American with ancestry of several tribes, growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.

Sherman Alexie

Then she tells me that Jesus is still here because Jesus was once here. And parts of Jesus are still floating in the air. She tells me Jesus' DNA is part of the collective DNA. She tells we are all part of Jesus, we are all Jesus in part. She tells m...

Sherman Alexie

Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint.

Sherman Alexie

Like officer Dave.He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other.

Sherman Alexie

So Lightning says to Mud, “What would happen if I struck your blood?” And Mud says, “Brother, It would hurt, And make me the mother Of every living thing. But, Fire Boy, you ain’t lifting my grass skirt Until you burn me a ring.

Sherman Alexie

Walk the midway and hear the carnival barker. Come see the freak named after his deceased father. Come see the prince who wants to abdicate his throne. Come see the son whose name is carved on a gravestone.

Sherman Alexie

Sure, we thought the acres That we tilled were sacred, But how could we have known That wheat can haunt like ghosts

Sherman Alexie

I'm a freak with power.

Sherman Alexie

As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by ...

Sherman Alexie

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Sherman Alexie

When my female friends are left By horrid spouses and lovers, I commiserate. I send gifts- Powwow songs and poems- and wonder Why my gorgeous friends cannot find Someone who knows them as I do. Is the whole world dead and blind? I tell my friends, �...

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Shit," he said. "I don't know why you're feeling sorry for yourself because you ain't had to fight a war. You're lucky. Shit, all you had was that damn Desert Storm. Should have called it Dessert Storm because it just made the fat cats get fatter. It...

Sherman Alexie

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

Sherman Alexie

Pain is never added to pain. It multiplies.

Sherman Alexie

It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.

Sherman Alexie

I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.

Sherman Alexie

Writing is a lonely business.

Sherman Alexie

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

Sherman Alexie

You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.

Sherman Alexie

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 crossing borders.

Sherman Alexie

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.

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Author Bio

  • NameSherman Alexie
  • DescriptionNative American author and filmmaker
  • BornOctober 7, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director; Writer; Poet; Novelist
  • WorksThe Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian; Reservation Blues; The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven