I write books and either people read them or they don't read them. The rise of Facebook or e-books doesn't change the… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I wanted to be one of these multidisciplinary critics who is doing music one day, TV the next, and books the next. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Some people don't like my fiction, because they prefer the nonfiction. But moving around keeps the work fresh for me and, hopefully,… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
'John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I enjoy thinking about how race plays out over the centuries, how technology evolves, how cities transform themselves. These subjects are present… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Each book requires a different kind of treatment and structural gambit. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
In terms of the economics, yes obviously the rise of e-books and how people choose to read books has a big effect… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I write the books that I'm compelled to and I definitely learn things about the world when I write them, and I… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment.… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, when I started writing, I didn't define myself as an African-American writer. And then you write books and you're… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
It's always hard to write and get your words out there, to find an editor, a publisher - readers! - who are… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The readership for 'Sag Harbor' was different from people who'd read me before - it was linear and realistic, not as strange… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
'Sag Harbor' was a very different book for me. It changed the way I thought about books that I wanted to do. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I knew that a zombie book would not particularly appeal to some of my previous readers, but it was artistically compelling, and… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The white man in the book, Gulliver, roved from peril to peril, each new island a new predicament to solve before he… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I think each book has its own way of accommodating my concerns, whether it's about race, America, technology, the city. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where I am… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Every Tuesday, James Fulton (and later, Orville Lever) stood in the downstairs drawing room and lectured on the intricacies of his science. Lectured on… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea of what… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The Great War had always been between the white and the black. It always would be. Cora” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Don’t go searching for a subject, let your subject find you. You can’t rush inspiration. … Once your subject finds you, it’s like falling… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“its terms? Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. “I’m caught,” Cora said. “You… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people ask me… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
There's always an attack on the sophomore novel from some quarters. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
