Colson Whitehead Quotes
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time.Colson Whitehead
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business.
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Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
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I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
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I think that we're living in a time where there are trillion-dollar opportunities that never existed before.
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Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time.
Colson Whitehead
