I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them. It's far too late for that. I write to give them weapons-in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything. - Sherman Alexie
If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.
- Sherman Alexie
I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them… - Sherman Alexie
I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them…
Don't live up to your stereotypes. - Sherman Alexie
Don't live up to your stereotypes.
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination. - Sherman Alexie
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back … - Sherman Alexie
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back …
These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. M… - Sherman Alexie
These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. M…
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing. - Sherman Alexie
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.
If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing. - Sherman Alexie
If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.
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. - Sherman Alexie
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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