“If I ever see you again, I’ll send your ass hooting and hollering out my damn door.” — James McBride Copy Share Image
Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle. — James McBride Discovery Copy Share Image
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. — James McBride America Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't throw her outta bed for eating crackers. She was all class.” — James McBride Crackers Copy Share Image
God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you. — James McBride Caring Copy Share Image
“And when James asked what color God was, she said, God is the color of water.” — James McBride Copy Share Image
“I was ashamed of my mother, but see, love didn't come natural to me until I became a Christian.- Ruth McBride” — James McBride Ashamed Copy Share Image
I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“He was like everybody in war. He believed God was on his side. Everybody got God on their side in a war.… — James McBride War Copy Share Image
“Listen, don't meet your heroes. If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed.” — James McBride Hero Copy Share Image
My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that.… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him.” — James McBride Irony Copy Share Image
But what difference does it make? ... When you're mixed, you see how absurd this business of race is. — James McBride Absurd Copy Share Image
I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the… — James McBride Book Copy Share Image
I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count… — James McBride Copy Share Image
It's a real stumper to sit around and try to think in your own head, but when you go into somebody else's… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“Wilmington, Del. (AP) June 14, 1966—A fire that destroyed the city’s oldest Negro church has led to the discovery of a wild… — James McBride American history Copy Share Image
People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got… — James McBride Copy Share Image
If you're going to cheat and take people's history and you're not writing the Bible, you ain't really so great. But if… — James McBride Copy Share Image
When you walk the significant land, the land speaks to you - even if it's 150 years later. You walk the earth… — James McBride Brain Copy Share Image
Testosterone is a sex hormone, and I think it is the most social of hormones. The major social effect of testosterone is… — James McBride Age Copy Share Image
If you're a creative person, you'd better not read what people write about you, because if it's good it'll blow your head… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I can write anywhere really. I have a hard time writing when the birds are tweeting and the brooks are running outside.… — James McBride Copy Share Image
The Good Lord Bird don't run in a flock. He Flies alone. You know why? He's searching. Looking for the right tree.… — James McBride Bird Copy Share Image
There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else… — James McBride Alive Copy Share Image
There are some really great books that have been written about slavery, but I don't think that the discourse about it in… — James McBride Book Copy Share Image
There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, and the greatest sin a person can do to… — James McBride Faith Copy Share Image
I think comedy allows people to accept the more difficult parts of history. And history, if it's presented wrong, is just very… — James McBride Copy Share Image
The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into… — James McBride Brutal Copy Share Image
“There ain't no time for foolishness now. You in it now. You got to stay in it.” — James McBride Foolishness Copy Share Image
