You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.
Colson WhiteheadI think being a writer was a crappy job when you just had typewriters. It was crappy when we just had ink and paper. And it's sort of crappy now. It's always just you and the page. That doesn't change.
Colson WhiteheadMost people say, "Show, don't tell," but I stand by Show and Tell, because when writers put their work out into the world, they're like kids bringing their broken unicorns and chewed-up teddy bears into class in the sad hope that someone else will love them as much as they do.
Colson WhiteheadNew York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy.
Colson Whitehead