American - Writer | October 7, 1966 -
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
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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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I look more Indian when I'm serious.
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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.
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Spiritual matters should be private.
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My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.
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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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All I owe the world is my art.
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If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
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I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.
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You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.
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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.
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