Close Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image “Monsters are a storytelling tool, like domestic realism and close third.” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Close Monsters Realism Storytelling
Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the world of… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large. — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
If people are portrayed as monsters, we become disconnected from them, and to me that is not remotely interesting. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Monsters exist because we create them, through war and violence, and distortion, and the way we handle people and so on. — Leon Golub Copy Share Image
Monsters are real, and ghosts are too. They live inside us, and sometimes, They win. — Patience Copy Share Image
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Monsters can be scary, and they're great, but they're only really scary when they're reflections of us and they show you the things you're… — Scott Snyder 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
My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why… — Banks Copy Share Image
Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I'm quite close with my family, especially my twin sister, and it's always hard to leave her. — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
One of the positive things about Pep is that he is so close with his staff - they support him in every situation, and… — Fernandinho Copy Share Image
The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
I've been very close to Konnan for many years now. I thank him for much of my success in this industry. He opened the… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And she'd come over and pick us boys up, and we would go… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
What was unique about me being in City Hall during the Giuliani Administration, I was the only one who wasn't an attorney. I may… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
