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
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
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
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
When beginning any career, it's important to highlight the experiences and skills you bring to the table that others can't. — Cord Jefferson Beginning Copy Share Image
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
Yeah, I just started taking - I took my first dose of Zoloft on my 40th birthday. It was my 40th birthday… — Cord Jefferson Birthday Copy Share Image
Very frequently Black people and other people of color in this country are taught that they need to be stoic and keep… — Cord Jefferson Black people Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down and write, I'm like, 'This is a miserable experience. What a life I've made for myself. Why… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
I do not believe in things like ghosts or astrology or gods who care if you eat shellfish, so I feel unwaveringly… — Cord Jefferson Astrology Copy Share Image
I started out as a journalist for about 8 or 9 years, and then I started working in film and television in 2014. — Cord Jefferson Film Copy Share Image
There's an audience and market for depictions of Black life that are as broad and as deep as any other depictions of… — Cord Jefferson Audience 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
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
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'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
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
