He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody. Sherman Alexie More Quotes by Sherman Alexie More Quotes From Sherman Alexie If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance. Sherman Alexie enough-chances fighting book Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be called a book if it never gets read? If a tree falls in a forest and gets pulped to make paper for a book that never gets read, but there's nobody there to read it, does it make a sound? Sherman Alexie reading book fall All I owe the world is my art. Sherman Alexie writing world art I look more Indian when I'm serious. Sherman Alexie indian serious looks I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture. Sherman Alexie storytelling grew-up culture I'm a poet who can whine in meter Sherman Alexie meter poet And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared. Sherman Alexie romance imagination men Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion. Sherman Alexie emotion way thinking ...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children who are just pillars of ash, that fall apart when you touch them..." ~ Thomas Builds-the-Fire (played by Evan Adams) in Alexie's "Smoke Signals Sherman Alexie fire children fall I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. Sherman Alexie cartoon broken thinking That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty. Sherman Alexie dirty-talk people dirty All art is exploitation. Sherman Alexie exploitation art-is art Corliss had never once considered the fate of library books. She'd never wondered how many books go unread. She loved books. How could she not worry about the unread? She felt like a disorganized scholar, an inconsiderate lover, an abusive mother, and a cowardly soldier. Sherman Alexie fate mother book We only know how to lose and be lost. Sherman Alexie know-how knows lost I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. Sherman Alexie independent roots book But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards. Sherman Alexie wall broken promise I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators. Sherman Alexie artist want thinking I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well. Sherman Alexie moments taken book I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian. Sherman Alexie successful want feelings I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every planet in your solar system has exploded? Sherman Alexie solar-system planets people
