Sherman Alexie Quotes
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.
Quotes to Explore
-
People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
-
Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
-
I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
-
People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
-
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
-
In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
-
Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
-
A first difficulty of the Arab movement was to say who the Arabs were. Being a manufactured people, their name had been changing in sense slowly year by year. Once it meant an Arabian. There was a country called Arabia; but this was nothing to the point.
-
I hate wasting people's time.
-
People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
-
Honest people remember stories in the order of emotional prominence, but liars will recount a story in chronological order. Memory rarely works that way.
-
The Dutch are a very practical people.
-
The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
-
I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.
-
I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
-
The day that you walk out in front of 30,000 people and don't get nervous is probably the day to give it up. It's inspiring to be a little terrified.
-
'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.
-
In the end, it's a good investment for America to be involved in helping people get democratic governance - not to take over their country - but to help people be free. And that is an investment that will pay off in the future.
-
I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.
-
I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies.
-
When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits.
-
People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.
-
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.
