Home / Quotes / Quote by Sherman Alexie

Quote by Sherman Alexie

“Books and beer are the best and worst defense.”

Quote by Sherman Alexie

Book:The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Work

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

This book is a collection of short stories by Sherman Alexie that explores the experiences of Native Americans living on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington state. The stories blend realism with magical and surreal elements, often focusing on themes of identity, poverty, alcoholism, and cultural dislocation. The title story and others feature recurring characters, including the young narrator Victor, and use humor and tragedy to examine the complexities of contemporary Native American life, challenging stereotypes and historical narratives. more

Author

Sherman Alexie is an American poet, writer, and actor, known for his works that reflect the life of Native Americans. He was born on October 7, 1966, and grew up in the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Rainier, Washington. more

You May Also Like

“If a man wants to be romantically involved with you, he tries to kiss you. That's the entire story, and if he doesn't kiss you, there is never a reason to wait around for him.”

Ifs Men Want Trying Reason Stories Waiting Involved Kissing

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

“If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.”

Ifs Knows Said Suffering Good Things Surprise Pleasant Bad Things Seers Alchemist Love Pleasant Surprises

Book:The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

“If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen so many great actresses go down to the Big C: Ali MacGraw, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Debra Winger, Susan Sarandon.”

Ifs Giving Character Bigs Female Cancer Actresses Screenwriters Female Characters Emma

Author:Geraldine Brooks

“I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense.”

Past Song Regret Longing Flesh Grammar Tense Skeletons Present Tense

Author:Mary Doria Russell

“it is good to be sitting some place in public at 2:30 in the afternoon without getting the flesh ripped from your bones.”

Sitting Bones Flesh Afternoon Ripped

Author:Charles Bukowski

“great writers are indecent people they live unfairly saving the best part for paper. good human beings save the world so that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal. if you read this after I am dead it means I made it.”

People Ifs World Writing Humans Mean Art Made Human Beings Paper Creating Like Me Saving Made It Immortal Save The World Great Writers Creating Art Good Human Being

Author:Charles Bukowski

“Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.”

May Stories Destination

Author:Barack Obama

“Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.”

Desire Memories Fiction Written Blood Mythology Branches Nerves Vessel Scenarios Neurology Blood Vessels

Author:J. G. Ballard

“Cherish the people who make up your home, and you'll notice the hearth fires burn brighter than ever before.”

People Home Fire Cherish Brighter

Author:Thomas Kinkade

“Every conversation, every cuddle, aver kiss and caress, even every disagreement, adds another brushstroke to the picture of home you paint with the days and hours of your life.”

Home Hours Conversation Kissing Add Paint Disagreement Caress

Author:Thomas Kinkade