Author: Colson Whitehead

Quotes

You can raze the old buildings and erect magnificent corporate towers, hose down Port Authority, but you can't change people.

You can raze the old buildings and erect magnificent corporate towers, hose down Port Authority, but you can't change people.

- Colson Whitehead

There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

- Colson Whitehead

Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.

Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.

- Colson Whitehead

I have a good poker face because I am half-dead inside.

I have a good poker face because I am half-dead inside.

- Colson Whitehead

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

- Colson Whitehead

I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.

I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.

- Colson Whitehead

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