History is written by winners.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.

I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.

Where in this pukehole can a man get a drink? he said

He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

I'm starting to find my own style.

A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.

A setback is never a bad experience, just another one of life’s lessons.

I’m always going to be a hopeless romantic. Always.

Any time one seeks to produce for a larger public one inevitably has to drop material that would only be understood by a particular group.