“If self-absorption, vague yearnings, and a nagging sense of incomplete...” — Colson Whitehead Quote

“If self-absorption, vague yearnings, and a nagging sense of incompleteness are sins, then surely I will burn for all eternity, and I will save you a seat.”

“I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have to write about certain subjects.”

“Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.”

“Burn the flag; that's a freedom. Then I have the freedom to take it away from them and tell them how dumb they are.”

“Most people have the ability to turn their empathy engine back on, but there's such a seductive burn to not being empathetic.”

“My first memories are of picketing ex-servicemen's funerals and telling their families they were going to burn in hell.”