I write the books that I'm compelled to and I definitely learn things about the world when I write them, and I hope that other people get something out of them, enjoy them, see the world differently when they're done.
Colson WhiteheadDonโt go searching for a subject, let your subject find you. You canโt rush inspiration. โฆ Once your subject finds you, itโs like falling in love. It will be your constant companion. Shadowing you, peeping in your windows, calling you at all hours to leave messages like, Only you understand me.
Colson WhiteheadNew York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.
Colson WhiteheadYou are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.
Colson Whitehead