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Colson Whitehead Quotes

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

Colson Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1969

Topics

Science Movies Become Science Fiction

The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.

Man Fight Me Way Whip Himself

I've used the Internet since I was in high school - it was my tool for self-promotion.

School High School Internet High

Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly.

Car Great Robot Greater Suck Would

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

Steven Spielberg

Beginning People Story End Never

As good as NFL Films is at making players human, it's even better at making players superhuman. No Hollywood studio has made movies that are more grand or gorgeous. Every meticulous shot of 'Hard Knocks' is a vision: every slow-motion spiral, every shaved head steaming like a Manhattan manhole cover.

Good Vision Better Movies Hollywood

House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But it is not enough to just talk about conservative values.

Opportunity Today Government Strong

I own a small aerospace company that does some business with the U.S. government.

Business Government Small Company

I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I'd learned in acting school still applied.

Michael Redhill

Life Character Yourself School Mind

I talked to Marvel about 'Thor' at one point, but I didn't want to do Thor. It wasn't something I read growing up, really; it wasn't one of the books I loved.

Louis Leterrier

Growing Up Loved Growing Want Up

You're not allowed to mess up in theater, and if you do, it is going to be embarrassing. But in film, if you make a mistake you just do it over again. You can just do another take.

Mistake You Over Mess Up Just Do It

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Better Friends New Know Living Peer

I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one quarter had been published prior to the bombing of Hiroshima; 60 percent were either ten years old or older.

Hiroshima More Old Classroom Years

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