Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

We want to see our lives dramatized on the screen as we are living it, the same as other people, the world over.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.