Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
In the apocalypse, I think those average, mediocre folks are the ones who are going to live. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
People don’t like it when you compare the miracle of childbirth to writing a book, but I think there is some overlap in the two because they are both pure agony. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
Access to information, to music or any kind of culture, is getting faster and faster and more streamlined. At each juncture, people are thrown into tumult and have to adapt or die. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
If the world’s nations can set aside their petty bickering over religion, politics, and territory, certainly I can ‘get that Olympic Spirit’ and rise above my prejudices. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that’s absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility to escape that darkness. So, for me, humor is an attempt to capture everyday tragedy and everyday hopeful moments that we experience all of the time. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
Stephen King in general, as well as films of the apocalypse from the ’70s, had a big influence on ‘Zone One.’ Colson Whitehead Read Quote
