Am Ich bin / I Am Mainstream
I am the state.
I am a pacifist.
I am not a consecutive writer.
I am no mother, and I won't be one.
I am not a writer.
A writer is what I am.
I am a Westerner of Westerners!
I am not a myth.
My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.