I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.
Sherman AlexieAnd believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.
Sherman AlexieMy father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the United States at least, plays the same function that soccer does everyone else in the world. It's the sport of poverty. It's the sport born of poverty. It's the cheapest sport.
Sherman Alexie