Top 50 Quotes by Sherman Alexie

About Sherman Alexie

These are some quotes by American author Sherman Alexie Writer, who was born on October 7, 1966.

My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

Sherman Alexie

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.

Sherman Alexie

All art is exploitation.

All art is exploitation.

Sherman Alexie

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.

Sherman Alexie

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

Sherman Alexie

White Americans have a short memory.

White Americans have a short memory.

Sherman Alexie

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

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

Sherman Alexie

Writing is a lonely business.

Writing is a lonely business.

Sherman Alexie

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

Sherman Alexie

I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.

I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.

Sherman Alexie

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