Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
Alex HaleyBeginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.
Alex HaleyIn all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.
Alex HaleyYou're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth.
Alex Haley