I think, and a lot of that has to do with where I grew up in California; [status] isn't something I think… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I think there's nothing new going on. Except that, you're even more public than you've ever been.There's some good and some bad… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I think everybody focuses on race, but it's about a ton of things, and I just see these things as all interrelated… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I just rode cross-country and the thing I noticed is just how afraid everyone is, and how nervous and scared and angry… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
In White Boy Shuffle, I combined my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Takemoto, who really saved me - I don't think I've ever told… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff [Man Booker Prize]… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Well, it's not all the same, but there are a lot of parallels. I'm not sure how to answer [on psychology background],… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I wrote poems and an essay about that weird language. We still remember it to a certain extent, and it still comes… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a self-promoter or anything. It's not something I feel comfortable doing. But sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
There are things I don't like, like sitting at the head of the class. It makes me uncomfortable. I'll do it in a seminar… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
In The Sellout I tried to capture how we can talk and see race, how we see urbanity, and how we see our history. — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
In White Boy Shuffle, I combined my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Takemoto, who really saved me - I don't think I've ever told anyone this… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I co-taught a seminar called Small Group Processes with my professor. I learned so much from it, so much about myself, about groups, how… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff [Man Booker Prize] very much.… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“Hereos. Idols. They're never who you think they are. Shorter. Nastier. Smellier. And when you finally meet them, there's something that makes you want… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
There are many similarities between Germans and blacks. The nouns themselves are loaded with so much historical baggage it's impossible for anyone to be… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Like when you have the right title for something you're writing and you get lost - you can always go back to the title… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I had a student once come up to me and we were talking about this incident, and, of course, I never had the right… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
There are always so many things happening [to us] at one time. We read Isherwood's A Single Man in class, and we had to… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I forget how beautiful and calm California is. It's not so much about the place, but also the age that I came to the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“My litmus test of compatibility is 'Tom Cruise.' I hate people who hate Tom Cruise, cultural automatons who at the mention of his name… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
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