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For me, the terror of the zombie is that at any moment, your friend, your family, you neighbor, your teacher, the guy at the bodega down the street, can be revealed as the monster they've always been.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Always Any Been Down Family Friend Guy Me Moment Monster Neighbor Revealed Street Teacher Terror You Your Zombie

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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

Topics: After Bit College Discovered Embracing Except Go Got Hang Kind Late Little Little Bit Long Long Time Me Mellow Nice Once Out Parents Place Posh Represent Seemed Teens Then Time Too Values Visit Were

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I'm someone who just likes being in my cave and thinking up weird stuff.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Being Cave Just Likes Someone Stuff Thinking Up Weird Who

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I wrote a book of essays about New York called 'The Colossus of New York,' but it's not about - you know, when I'm writing about rush hour or Central Park, it's not a black Central Park, it's just Central Park, and it's not a black rush hour, it's just rush hour.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Black Book Central Central Park Essays Hour Just Know New New York Park Rush Writing Wrote York You

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I live in Brooklyn. I moved here 14 years ago for the cheap rent. It was a little embarrassing because I was raised in Manhattan, and so I was a bit of a snob about the other boroughs.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Because Bit Brooklyn Cheap Embarrassing Here Little Live Manhattan Moved Other Raised Rent Snob Years Years Ago I Was Raised

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A lot of my writer friends live near me, and that makes people think we just hang around with one another in cafes, trading work and discussing 'Harper's' and what not. But I rarely see them. We're home working.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Another Around Discussing Friends Hang Home Just Live Lot Makes Me Near People Rarely See Them Think Trading Work Working Writer

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The contemporary casino is more than a gambling destination: it is a multifarious pleasure enclosure intended to satisfy every member of the family unit.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Casino Contemporary Destination Every Family Gambling Intended Member More Pleasure Satisfy Than Unit

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I like to know how I'm supposed to feel about things. Just a little clue or hint.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Clue Feel Hint How Just Know Like Little Supposed Things

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I use New York to talk about home, but the ideas in 'Colossus' could be transferred to other cities. The story about Central Park is really about the first day of spring in any park. The Coney Island chapter is really about beaches and summer and heat waves.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Any Beaches Central Central Park Chapter Cities Could Day First Heat Home Ideas Island New New York Other Park Really Spring Story Summer Talk Transferred Use Waves York

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Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Figure Me Narrator Novel Out Pages Takes Voice Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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