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Writing is a lonely business.

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Sherman Alexie

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

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Sherman Alexie

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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Sherman Alexie

I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there’s some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let’s say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.

– Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I’m happy.

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Sherman Alexie

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

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Sherman Alexie

My father is an amazing man.

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Sherman Alexie

I’m a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.

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Sherman Alexie

I look more Indian when I’m serious.

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Sherman Alexie

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.

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Sherman Alexie

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.

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Sherman Alexie

You’d never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture.

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