Sherman Alexie Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• I draw because words are too unpredictable. I draw because words are too limited. If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human beings will get your meaning. But when you draw a picture everybody can understand it. If I draw a cartoon of a flower, then every man, woman, and child in the world can look at it and say, "That's a flower.

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Flower, Writing

• My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Rebel, Purpose

  Interview with Rob Capriccioso, www.identitytheory.com. March 23, 2003.

• I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Parent, I've Learned

• ...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

  Children, Fall, Fire

  FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Sep 22, 2015

• I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Book, Reading

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Book, Parent

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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