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I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Drew
Unpredictable
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I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
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White Americans have a short memory.
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.
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A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.
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If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.
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I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.
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Let us now celebrate the literary allusion.
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We can all learn from every text. Reading the work that disgusts you can only strengthen your core beliefs. I could teach a semester-long course based only on reading the local telephone book. All stories can be taught in valuable ways.
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My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
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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.
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He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both drunk. Everything familiar and welcome. Everything beautiful.
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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.
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Sometimes it's called passing out and sometimes it's just pretending to be asleep
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it's way too early for him to be talking anyhow but I see in his eyes something and I see in his eyes a voice and I see in his eyes a whole new set of words
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.
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We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.
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I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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I hear poetry whenever I turn on the radio. Eminem is a better poet than just about everybody. He's better than Billy Collins he's better than Richard Wilbur he's better than me.
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