My Name Is Sherman J. Alexie Jr.,

If You Teach Kids How To Tell Stories, They Have A Better Chance At Everything.

We're All Travelling Heavy With Illusions.

In The Middle Of A Crazy And Drunk Life, You Have To Hang Onto The Good And Sober Moments Tightly.

Don't Live Up To Your Stereotypes.

In A Sense, You're Always Mythologizing Your Life; It's Always An Effort To Make Yourself Epic. At Least In Fiction You Can Lie And Sort Of Justify Your Delusion About Your "epicness." But When You're Writing A Memoir, You're Trying To Make Your Life Epic And It's Not - Nobody's Life Is.