I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.
My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.
Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.
Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together. You can do it.