Every author believes that the book which he is placing before the public will 'fill a long-felt want,' and success or failure depends very much on how closely he has been able to gauge the nature of the 'long-felt want.'

Next quotes

• Will C. Barnes:

  Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a modera

• Will C. Barnes:

  'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bu

• Will C. Barnes:

  Once, no self-respecting puncher considered himself dressed for work until he had his feet inside o

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a l

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  I will preach with my brush.

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interestin

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it,

• Henry Ossawa Tanner:

  My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same