We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.

- Wallace Thurman

I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more than a trifle i…

- Wallace Thurman

If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare quality in this world, and there is no reas…

- Wallace Thurman

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us a…

- Wallace Thurman

Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year I sell a story. It is acclaimed. …

- Wallace Thurman

The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in order . . . Seventh Avenue wa…

- Wallace Thurman