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Colson Whitehead Quotes

In 'John Henry Days,' I was taking my idea of junketeering and sort of blowing it up to absurd extremes.

Colson Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1969

Topics

Up Days Absurd Idea Extremes Taking

There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.

Work Family Success Sacrifice Sleep

When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant.

John Phillips Marquand

Life Live Time Past Writing Present

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.

Year Down Old Years Self-Esteem

I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.

Mary Beth Whitehead

Mistakes Not Perfect Weird Perfect

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself.

Style Yourself Trying You Choose

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Failure Game Frustration Golf

I'm a fan of music from all over the world.

Michael Winterbottom

Music World Over Fan

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Believe Three I Believe Two Years

The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting.

Monica Bellucci

Relationship Alone Woman Being Alone

They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun.

Good Sky Fun Blue Color Bad

If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.

Dorothy L. Sayers

War Me Down Ground Suit Would

We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that's a huge appeal of the characters. They're essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.

Child Simplicity Think Going I Think

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