I usually have two or three ideas floating around. When I have free time, the one I end up thinking most about is the one I end up pursuing. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn’t represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn’t go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
In fifth grade, we did 10 minutes on slavery and 40 minutes on Abraham Lincoln, and in 10th grade you might do 10 minutes on the civil rights era and 40 minutes on Martin Luther King, and that’s it. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I like to know how I’m supposed to feel about things. Just a little clue or hint. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
I didn’t know I was a zombie pedant until I started considering what from the zombie canon to keep in ‘Zone One’ and what to ignore. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
