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Colson Whitehead Quotes

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones.

Colson Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1969

Topics

Live Sacrifice Stand Die Bones Myth

The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real story, and these stories should be told. The problem is, if they're the only stories being told, then it makes Americans of African descent - it puts them into that victim category. And that was my problem with the movie.

Joe Morton

Beautiful Story Problem Argument Yes

The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than when the movie was made in 2003. When I started, I was enormously critical of California wines, and I thought the entire wine industry was on a real slippery slope.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Writing Thought Wine More California

I was in the Oval Office when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon because I was called in to coordinate the coverage. I got to thinking, 'We have a feed from the moon. We've got a feed from the Earth. I can set up the first interplanetary shot in history.'

Roger Ailes

History Moon Thinking I Can Earth

I write all of my material. It's all me.

Ron White

Me Write Material I Write

Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh.

Mike Newell

Romantic Write Fresh Because

'Original Sin' is, for me, a murder mystery with a huge cast that plays out on a grand stage.

Jason Aaron

Me Mystery Sin Stage Out Original

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

Johnny Vegas

Enough Stage Without Out Big Stigma

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

Dirk Benedict

Say Two Embarrassed Nonfiction Books

Stories about travelers coming into town and doing good have been part of our storytelling since the Bible.

Dean Devlin

Good Bible Doing Doing Good Coming

Dieting is becoming easier and easier for me because I'm finding out things that I love.

Chrissy Teigen

Love Me Finding Out Things Becoming

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

Wilson Mizner

Hate Believe You Flattery Kind Your

What I would say is that if someone faces discrimination, they should never back down. They should be self-confident and educate others not to have such an attitude.

Punit Renjen

Attitude Someone Discrimination Down