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Paul Beatty quotes: I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

Paul Beatty quotes: One's self-worth comes from how one chooses to navigate that space.

One's self-worth comes from how one chooses to navigate that space.

Paul Beatty quotes: He was less like a tree of knowledge and more like a bush of opinions." From the book "The Sellout

He was less like a tree of knowledge and more like a bush of opinions." From the book "The Sellout

Paul Beatty quotes: The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.

The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.

Paul Beatty quotes: Because I knew that racist Negro Archetypes, like Bebe's Kids, don't die. They multiply.

Because I knew that racist Negro Archetypes, like Bebe's Kids, don't die. They multiply.

Paul Beatty quotes: They say a cigarette takes three minutes off your life, but good hashish makes dying seem so far away.

They say a cigarette takes three minutes off your life, but good hashish makes dying seem so far away.

Paul Beatty quotes: The wretched of the Earth, he calls us. People too poor to afford cable and too stupid to know that they aren't missing anything.

The wretched of the Earth, he calls us. People too poor to afford cable and too stupid to know that they aren't missing anything.

Paul Beatty quotes: Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it's fear.

Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it's fear.

Paul Beatty quotes: Foy was no Tree of Knowledge, at most he was a Bush of Opinion

Foy was no Tree of Knowledge, at most he was a Bush of Opinion

Paul Beatty quotes: If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

Paul Beatty quotes: If New York is the City That Never Sleeps, then Los Angeles is the City That's Always Passed Out on the Couch.

If New York is the City That Never Sleeps, then Los Angeles is the City That's Always Passed Out on the Couch.

Paul Beatty quotes: For those looking to find the thing that you've lost, the decision of where to place your handbill is one of the toughest you'll ever make in life.

For those looking to find the thing that you've lost, the decision of where to place your handbill is one of the toughest you'll ever make in life.

Paul Beatty quotes: Not surprisingly, there's nothing to do at the Pentagon except start a war.

Not surprisingly, there's nothing to do at the Pentagon except start a war.

Paul Beatty quotes: Like Nazis at a Ku Klux Klan rally, they were comfortable ideologically, but not in terms of corporate culture.

Like Nazis at a Ku Klux Klan rally, they were comfortable ideologically, but not in terms of corporate culture.

Paul Beatty quotes: ...true freedom is having the right to be a slave.

...true freedom is having the right to be a slave.

Paul Beatty quotes: Like the good Reverend KingI too 'have a dream'but when I wake upI forget it andremember I'm running late for work.

Like the good Reverend King
I too 'have a dream'
but when I wake up
I forget it and
remember I'm running late for work.

Paul Beatty quotes: There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun with that stuff.

There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun with that stuff.

Paul Beatty quotes: People eat the shit you shovel them.

People eat the shit you shovel them.

Paul Beatty quotes: The real question is not where do ideas come from but where do they go.

The real question is not where do ideas come from but where do they go.

Paul Beatty quotes: She was thinking about how her middle-school alma mater was now 75 percent Latino, when in her day it was 80 percent black. Thinking

She was thinking about how her middle-school alma mater was now 75 percent Latino, when in her day it was 80 percent black. Thinking

Paul Beatty quotes: Most couples have songs they call their own. We had books. Authors. Artists. Silent movies.

Most couples have songs they call their own. We had books. Authors. Artists. Silent movies.

Paul Beatty quotes: It's illegal to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, right?" "It is." "Well, I've whispered 'Racism' in a post-racial world.

It's illegal to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, right?" "It is." "Well, I've whispered 'Racism' in a post-racial world.

Paul Beatty quotes: ...you have to ask yourself two questions: Who am I? And how may I become myself?

...you have to ask yourself two questions: Who am I? And how may I become myself?

Paul Beatty quotes: If he was indeed an "autodidact," there's no doubt he had the world's shittiest teacher.

If he was indeed an "autodidact," there's no doubt he had the world's shittiest teacher.

Paul Beatty quotes: One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called a "function.

One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called a "function.

Paul Beatty quotes: Weary and stuffed from being force-fed the falsehood that when one of your kind makes it, it means that you've all made it.

Weary and stuffed from being force-fed the falsehood that when one of your kind makes it, it means that you've all made it.

Paul Beatty quotes: I think everybody focuses on race, but it's about a ton of things, and I just see these things as all interrelated and all interwoven in a weird way.

I think everybody focuses on race, but it's about a ton of things, and I just see these things as all interrelated and all interwoven in a weird way.

Paul Beatty quotes: I don't know exactly what a black Chinese restaurant would be, but I would sure love to see one.

I don't know exactly what a black Chinese restaurant would be, but I would sure love to see one.

Paul Beatty quotes: That's the problem with this generation; they don't know their history.

That's the problem with this generation; they don't know their history.

Paul Beatty quotes: It was hard to say if the statement was some sort of suicidal ideation, but one could hope.

It was hard to say if the statement was some sort of suicidal ideation, but one could hope.

Paul Beatty quotes: Sometimes just making yourself at home is revolutionary.

Sometimes just making yourself at home is revolutionary.

Paul Beatty quotes: All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.