Michael Utley

“I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it was emotionally true [...].”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy

“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.”
― Richard Wright, Native Son

“The world of most men is given to them by their culture..”
― Richard Wright, The Outsider

“Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy