“We'll be colored when the day's done, no matter how the cut comes or goes.” — James McBride Colored Copy Share Image
If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue. — James McBride Form Copy Share Image
“And when James asked what color God was, she said, God is the color of water.” — James McBride God Said 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
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 Anna 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
“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
“Listen, don't meet your heroes. If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed.” — James McBride Hero Copy Share Image
“Everybody got God on their side in war. Problem is, God ain't tellin' nobody who He's for.” — James McBride Problem Copy Share Image
“Most cars drove through there because the drivers is either from The Bottom and wanna get home - or they ain't from… — James McBride Drivers Copy Share Image
The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. — James McBride Finest Copy Share Image
Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel. — James McBride Bills 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
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 Covering Copy Share Image
“A body can't prosper if a person don't know who they are. That makes you poor as a pea, not knowing who… — James McBride Being yourself Copy Share Image
My whole family was - we grew up in New York, but all my relatives and all my father and stepfather's family,… — James McBride Black 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 Blow 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
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
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb… — James McBride Bombs 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 Apartment Copy Share Image
Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to… — James McBride Character 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 Accepting 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
“back,” Daddy said. “It’ll work out.” He had no idea what to do about Helen. They spoke a completely different language. He… — James McBride Closed door Copy Share Image
The basic thing is to be humble, and pretend you're a bartender in the tavern of life. Don't get too comfortable and… — James McBride Bartender Copy Share Image
“That was the Old Man’s favorite song. “Blow Ye Trumpet.” Them Negroes was far away from the doings on the plaza where… — James McBride Favorite song Copy Share Image
“The old face, crinkled and dented with canals running every which way, pushed and shoved up against itself for a while, till… — James McBride Beauty Copy Share Image
“...for one thing you learns when you is a girl is that most women's hearts is full of secrets.” — James McBride Secrets Copy Share Image
I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a… — James McBride Asked Copy Share Image
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride First person Copy Share Image
“...how long could I go on before she'd find out who I was? She'd know it before long. Besides, how can somebody… — James McBride Body love Copy Share Image
“The Negro comes in many colors. Dark. Black. Blacker. Blackest. Blacker than night. Black as hell. Black as tar.” — James McBride Black Copy Share Image
You have to choose between what the world expects of you and what you want for yourself, — James McBride Choose Copy Share Image
It is hard to find romance in the present because there's nothing left to the imagination. — James McBride Imagination Copy Share Image
