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The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words 'All Men' exclude a vast number of citizens.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: American Apart Because Citizens Declaration Empty Examine Exclude Full Independence Meaning Men Number Pull Purpose Quite Sacred Text Vast Words You

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I am not sure the issue of race in America will ever be completely solved.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Am America Ever Issue Race Solved Sure Will I Am

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I like questions that tee me up to make weird jokes, frankly.

~Colson Whitehead

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Slavery was a violent, brutal, immoral system, and in accurately depicting how it worked, you have to include that, obviously. Or else you are lying.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Accurately Brutal Depicting Else How Immoral Include Lying Obviously Slavery System Violent Worked You

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I take inspiration from books, movies, television, music - it all goes in the hopper. Depending on the project, I'm drawing from this or that piece of art that has stayed with me. Toni Morrison, George Romero, Sonic Youth - they are all in there.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Art Books Depending Drawing George Goes Inspiration Me Movies Music Piece Project Sonic Sonic Youth Stayed Take Television Youth

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There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Bad Find Good Hard Out Really Speak Who Work Writers You

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I admire Vegas's purity, its entirely wholesome artificiality.

~Colson Whitehead

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I enjoy thinking about how race plays out over the centuries, how technology evolves, how cities transform themselves. These subjects are present in some of my books and absent in others.

~Colson Whitehead

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I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have to write about certain subjects.

~Colson Whitehead

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People don't like it when you compare the miracle of childbirth to writing a book, but I think there is some overlap in the two because they are both pure agony.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Agony Because Book Both Childbirth Compare Like Miracle Overlap People Pure Some Think Two Writing You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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