I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it was emotionally true […]. — Richard Wright
Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books… — Richard Wright
Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days. — Richard Wright
Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible… — Richard Wright
I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came moore and dressed them with the lyrics. — Richard Wright
We fought during ‘the wall,’ which was an album waters wrote, based on his family story — Richard Wright
The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money — Richard Wright