129 Quotes by Alex Haley

I got a little tape recorder and laid it on my chest and kept describing the scene as I saw it. Just the opening scenes took about 45 minutes. I don’t know how it’s going to end, but I like it that way. If I knew how it ended, I’d lose interest in the story.

In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.

Crazies always recognize each other. I think Melville said it, in a slightly different context: “Genius all over the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.” Of course, we’re not talking about genius here, we’re talking about crazies – but.

You’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.

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.

Fend kiling dorong leh warrata ka iteh tee.

I don’t mind shaking hands with a human being, are you one?

Fact, I specks his mammy hatched him!

Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues – which takes years.