Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr., born October 7, 1966) is an American poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 October 1966
CityWelpinet, WA
CountryUnited States of America
writing hands washing
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
hero people decent
Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.
orange-juice resentment bitter
You can't sustain [anger]. You become bitter. Nothing's going to change. Anger leads to resentment, then to spiking your orange juice, then to martyrdom.
children purpose rebel
My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
sacred mystery chips
Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.
dream frightened needed
The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
kids self long
How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian.
jesus body bread
We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.
celebrate allusion
Let us now celebrate the literary allusion.
people mind littles
Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
eggs elephants feels
I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant.
lying father book
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.
names insomniac
My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.
book home views
When I had no money, and a great book came out, I couldn't get it. I had to wait. I love the idea that I have hardcover books here and at home that I haven't read yet. That's how I view that I'm rich. I have hardcover books I may never read.