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Sherman Alexie quotes

American Writer October 7, 1966

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Sherman Alexie quote: "I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in..."
I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and..."
I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "All I owe the world is my art."
All I owe the world is my art. Sherman Alexie
Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling...why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact? Sherman Alexie
Father Arnold finished the ceremony and asked if anybody had any final words for the dearly departed."Final words?" Chess asked, "I don't know if I'll ever be able to stop talking about this. Sherman Alexie
Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians,..."
My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "We Indians really should be better liars, considering how..."
We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "All art is exploitation."
All art is exploitation. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are..."
The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "The world is only broken in two tribes: The people who are..."
The world is only broken in two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not. Sherman Alexie
...And nostalgia is a cancer. Nostalgia will fill your heart up with tumors. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what you are. You're just an old fart dying of terminal nostalgia. Sherman Alexie
I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else. I learned how to be cold and numb. Sherman Alexie
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 Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write."
Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write. Sherman Alexie

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