Quotes by : Paul Beatty

Yes, being black is a full-time job: sometimes you are invisible, other times you are hyper-visible,”....

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

Dumbfounded, I stood before the court, trying to figure out if there was a state of being between “guilty”....

It’s illegal to yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater, right?” “It is.” “Well, I’ve whispered....

Hereos. Idols. They're never who you think they are. Shorter. Nastier. Smellier. And when you finally....

In 7.81 square miles of vaunted black community, the 850 square feet of Dum Dum Donuts was the only place....

I stared in awe at the Lincoln Memorial. If Honest Abe had come to life and somehow managed to lift his....

I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something....

Man, didn't anybody ever tell you that art is propaganda? It doesn't matter whether you think it should....

The only people discussing “race” with any insight and courage are loud middle-aged white men who....