Quotes from Oscar Micheaux

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.