Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image ““He possessed a strange facility for the mandatory.”” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He was prepared, he thought, for any wonder. The only thing he had never expected was the utterly commonplace.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“But what was it in himself he needed to look at so much that he'd invented this elaborate scenario?” — Allan G. Hunter Copy Share Image
“Something at the back of his mind whispered that this assignment would be like nothing he had encountered before.” — Nicole Sager Copy Share Image
“I must say that I thought there was some derangement of his mental organization.” — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
“He had studied, and worked, and slaved, and eaten untold buckets of shit, to have this opportunity.” — James Jones Copy Share Image
“...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“He took the last seat, as usual, a subtle reminder of what he was and what he had become.” — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
“Among all the impossible things he had already witnessed, what were a few more?” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“He understood it then. The potential, the utter, unbelievable freedom to be whoever existed underneath his skin.” — Aleksandr Voinov 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
