129 Quotes by Alex Haley

Brown people wouldn’t speak to someone who was black.

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.

I don’t know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody.

It’s an hour during the week where you can just slow down.

I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I’m analyzing what I’m being asked more than my response.

But then, as far as I know, as far as I’ve studied or heard or picked up, it seems that this type of thing is a curse against mankind.

I stand by 'Roots' as symbol of the fate of my people.

A word, for example, that is negative, pejorative, and has caused more pain and suffering is 'illegitimate.' But every person has a mother and father. It is another way we let society hurt others.

We don't know: some little black boy or girl growing up in the inner city might grow up and cure cancer for all of us - if we let them do it.