“If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don’t want to dance, then you’re going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.” IfsKnowsMenWantHardRunningKnow HowForeverRiskLove YouExtrasTangoLove You Forever Author:Sherman Alexie
“Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and bookstores are drowning polar bears. And if people can't see that or don't want to talk about it, I don't understand them at all.” PeopleIfsWantCountryBearsLibraryNewspapersMagazinesDrowningBookstoresPolar Bears Author:Sherman Alexie
“Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?” IfsWorldWantFeelingsUsedSeeingDrinkingHearingSenses Author:Sherman Alexie
“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.” WantMeanPlayFearBasketballScaredNervousIndianInspirational Basketball Author:Sherman Alexie
“All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American literature is stuck in one idea: sort of spiritual, environmentalist Indians. And I want to portray everyday lives. I think by doing that, by portraying the ordinary lives of Indians, perhaps people learn something new.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTryingIdeasSpiritualLiteratureImaginationCreativeOrdinaryEverydayStuckIndianNativeSomething NewNative AmericanEveryday LifeOrdinary LifeAmerican IndianEnvironmentalistAmerican LiteraturePortrayingSpiritual Indian Author:Sherman Alexie
“I don’t want long hair, I don’t want short hair, I don’t want hair at all, and I don’t want to be a girl or a boy. I want to be a yellow and orange leaf some little kid picks up and pastes in his scrapbook.” WantLittlesLongKidsGirlBoysHairPicksYellowLeafsOrangeLittle KidLong HairShort Hair Author:Sherman Alexie
“I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.” WantFeelingsSuccessfulIndianBeing SuccessfulDisappointing Author:Sherman Alexie
“I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.” ThinkingWantArtistIndianCheerleaderInvestigators Author:Sherman Alexie
“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.” WantNeedsYoungSelfishNativeNative AmericanNeeds And WantsPersonal Needs Author:Sherman Alexie
“You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.” PeopleWantSchoolWhiteShopsGood Life Author:Sherman Alexie
