Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.
– Alex Haley
I wasn't going to be one of those people who died wondering what if? I would keep putting my dreams to the test - even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
– Alex Haley
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
– Alex Haley
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
– Alex Haley
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
– Alex Haley
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.
– Alex Haley
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.