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Paul Beatty Quotes

My good friend, the poet Kofi Natambu, once said, Contradiction is how we operate Picture Quote #1

I wrote poems and an essay about that weird language. We still remember it to a certain extent, and it still comes up when we’re all together. It’s so fundamental to how I think Picture Quote #1

People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc Picture Quote #1

If I’m in LA, I’m close to home, and that just brings up all these other things, good and bad. There is a reason why I am not there Picture Quote #1

Contradictions make people feel off. They’ll say, Hey, you just said this and now this person is doing that, how is that possible? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think there’s nothing new going on. Except that, you’re even more public than you’ve ever been.There’s some good and some bad to that Picture Quote #1

I just have some things that I’m thinking about and if I’ve got a good story then Picture Quote #1

It’s so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can’t find the words Picture Quote #1

If all the world’s a stage, I want to operate the trap door Picture Quote #1

I’m not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I’m skewering myself first. I’m skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I don’t try to be satirical. I just try to get what’s in my head on the page. And that part is hard for me to do. It takes a long, long time to make it poetic, somewhat essayistic Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I can’t say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me Picture Quote #1

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It’s so ancient Picture Quote #1

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My good friend, the poet Kofi Natambu, once said, Contradiction is how we operate (Paul Beatty Quotes) I wrote poems and an essay about that weird language. We still remember it to a certain extent, and it still comes up when we’re all together. It’s so fundamental to how I think. (Paul Beatty Quotes) People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc. (Paul Beatty Quotes) If I’m in LA, I’m close to home, and that just brings up all these other things, good and bad. There is a reason why I am not there . (Paul Beatty Quotes) Contradictions make people feel off. They’ll say, Hey, you just said this and now this person is doing that, how is that possible? (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. (Paul Beatty Quotes) I think there’s nothing new going on. Except that, you’re even more public than you’ve ever been.There’s some good and some bad to that. (Paul Beatty Quotes) I just have some things that I’m thinking about and if I’ve got a good story then... (Paul Beatty Quotes) It’s so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can’t find the words. (Paul Beatty Quotes) If all the world’s a stage, I want to operate the trap door (Paul Beatty Quotes) I’m not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I’m skewering myself first. I’m skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles (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 (Paul Beatty Quotes) I don’t try to be satirical. I just try to get what’s in my head on the page. And that part is hard for me to do. It takes a long, long time to make it poetic, somewhat essayistic (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 (Paul Beatty Quotes) I can’t say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me (Paul Beatty Quotes) All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It’s so ancient (Paul Beatty Quotes)