We seem to reserve a special rage in this world for those whose ability to be unafraid in pursuit of something new… — Cord Jefferson Anger Copy Share Image
The world isn't on a moral decline, because there was never a time when the world was particularly morally superior. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Where some see the Super Bowl, I see young black men risking their bodies, minds and futures for the joy and wealth… — Cord Jefferson Joy Copy Share Image
I've never understood haute cuisine. I've never even understood spending in excess of 15 minutes - or $15 - procuring something to eat. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I promised myself I would never own a car again after moving to New York in the mid-aughts and living without the… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'd always rather spec something and just write it. Because when you're pitching something that isn't even on a page yet, it… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
In a world in which man-made and natural disasters are only multiplying by the day, it's important to remember that we haven't… — Cord Jefferson Comedy Copy Share Image
New York loves a winner, which is confounding when one considers the inherent, systematic ways it impedes success. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Newspaper haters is a group of people that doesn't really exist, but, even if it did, it wouldn't be composed of people… — Cord Jefferson Close friends Copy Share Image
When my German-American mother married my black-American Indian father, her dad and stepmom disowned her immediately. They would have been upset had… — Cord Jefferson Dad Copy Share Image
When I was a journalist... toward the end of my career, it had started to feel like there was this revolving door… — Cord Jefferson Career Copy Share Image
Drilling gaping holes into the crust of the earth with fallible equipment in order to summon forth millions of gallons of hydrocarbons… — Cord Jefferson Climate Copy Share Image
For me, being an artist was a thing that, like, rich people in New York and L.A. and Paris and Rome did.… — Cord Jefferson Art Copy Share Image
Hardship and turmoil, I think, is the turning point for lots of young males, the moment when they say, 'Oh, so this… — Cord Jefferson Life Copy Share Image
The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking… — Cord Jefferson Dark Copy Share Image
It should go without saying that there's no outside arbiter of who 'deserves' which woman, or of what one 'deserves' to receive… — Cord Jefferson Feminism Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how we got to a place in which it's considered a political act to buy fast food, but here… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
The hostility directed at writers who cover minority beats in America is solid proof that those people are doing important work. But… — Cord Jefferson America Copy Share Image
I'm awful at skiing, made slow and hesitant by an unyielding and morbid fear that I will propel into a tree or… — Cord Jefferson Fear Copy Share Image
In thinking about the end of the world, it's only fair to be rigorous and think about whether it would even be… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
