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.
Every death is like the burning of a library.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.
You can never enslave somebody who knows who he is.