Sherman Alexie Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting

• If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

  Sherman Alexie

  Book, Reading, Writing

  FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Jan 30, 2015

• 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.

  Sherman Alexie

  Teenager, Book, Writing

• I got in a fight with my girlfriend," I said. "I was just driving around, blowing off steam, you know?" Well, you should be more careful where you drive," the officer said. "You're making people nervous. You don't fit the profile of the neighborhood." I wanted to tell him that I didn't fit the profile of the country but I knew it would just get me into trouble.

  Sherman Alexie

  Country, Girlfriend, Fighting

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, p.201, Open Road Media

• I am extremely conscious of my tribalism. And when you talk about tribalism, you talk about living in a black and white world. I mean, Native American tribalism sovereignty, even the political fight for sovereignty and cultural sovereignty is a very us versus them. And I think a lot of people in this country, especially European Americans and those descended from Europeans don't see themselves as tribal.

  Sherman Alexie

  Country, Native American, Mean

  "Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. April 12, 2013.

• If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

  Sherman Alexie

  Book, Fighting, Enough Chances

• 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.

  Sherman Alexie

  Fighting, Thinking, Form

  "Redeemers". Interview with Matt Dellinger, www.newyorker.com. April 21, 2003.

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