Quotes by Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

Most people say, “Show, don’t tell,” but I stand by Show and Tell, because when writers put their work out into the world, they’re like kids bringing their broken unicorns and chewed-up teddy bears into class in the sad hope that someone else will love them as much as they do.

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Kids

Writing

New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy.

Cities

New York

Self

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.

Cities

Example

New York

Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals.

Blanket

Meals

Self

Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world.

New York

Talking

World

The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone.

Cities

Knows

Persons

The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words “All Men” exclude a vast number of citizens.

Independence

Men

Purpose

The fallout from slavery is ongoing. I am not sure the issue of race in America will ever be completely solved.

Not Sure

Slavery

There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.

Men

Redemption

Running

We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.

Monsters

People

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Google

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Gun

Hilarious

Humorous

Ideas

Important

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Jobs

Kids

Knows

Light

Lying

Meals

Mean

Men

Mess

Monsters

Mother

Moving

Names

New York

Not Sure

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Payback

People

Persons

Pretending

Purpose

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Quotes by Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

Most people say, “Show, don’t tell,” but I stand by Show and Tell, because when writers put their work out into the world, they’re like kids bringing their broken unicorns and chewed-up teddy bears into class in the sad hope that someone else will love them as much as they do.

New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy.

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.

Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals.

Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world.

The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone.

The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words “All Men” exclude a vast number of citizens.

The fallout from slavery is ongoing. I am not sure the issue of race in America will ever be completely solved.

There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.

We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.

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