My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mos… — Quoted

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“My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.”

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Sherman Alexie

I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.

Experience

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When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

Thankful

Sherman Alexie

In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'

Anger

Sherman Alexie

My father is an amazing man.

Amazing