Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help |
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years. |
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you |
I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less. |
if not for oral history, my uncle would not have pursued the history that became the 'Roots' project. |
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. |
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. |
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it |
It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down. |
Many of us do this to develop this muscle of mindfulness, which tends to be atrophied. |
My fondest hope is that "Roots" may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall. |
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. |
Racism is taught in our society... it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. |
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X |