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James McBride quotes: As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

James McBride quotes: I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.

I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.

James McBride quotes: Writer or a musician, not knowing that it was possible

Writer or a musician, not knowing that it was possible

James McBride quotes: Sometimes it seemed like the truth was a bandy-legged soul who dashed from one side of the world to the other and I could never find him.

Sometimes it seemed like the truth was a bandy-legged soul who dashed from one side of the world to the other and I could never find him.

James McBride quotes: I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.

I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.

James McBride quotes: We'll be colored when the day's done, no matter how the cut comes or goes.

We'll be colored when the day's done, no matter how the cut comes or goes.

James McBride quotes: So sweet and precious is family life.

So sweet and precious is family life.

James McBride quotes: See, a marriege needs love. And God. And a little money. That's all.

See, a marriege needs love. And God. And a little money. That's all.

James McBride quotes: The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus.

The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus.

James McBride quotes: Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel.

Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel.

James McBride quotes: It's God's world. He washes you clean. He makes you whole. He puts rain in your garden and sunshine in your heart. "Clarence

It's God's world. He washes you clean. He makes you whole. He puts rain in your garden and sunshine in your heart. "Clarence

James McBride quotes: This is what happens when a boy becomes a man. You get stupider.

This is what happens when a boy becomes a man. You get stupider.

James McBride quotes: God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you.

God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you.

James McBride quotes: I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give; I wish I'd majored in history in college.

I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give; I wish I'd majored in history in college.

James McBride quotes: Not a week after Annie put her foot in Mrs. Huffmaster's duff, the Captain upped and laid down the date.

Not a week after Annie put her foot in Mrs. Huffmaster's duff, the Captain upped and laid down the date.

James McBride quotes: The Negro comes in many colors. Dark. Black. Blacker. Blackest. Blacker than night. Black as hell. Black as tar.

The Negro comes in many colors. Dark. Black. Blacker. Blackest. Blacker than night. Black as hell. Black as tar.

James McBride quotes: Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle.

Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle.

James McBride quotes: I asked her if I was black or white. She replied You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

I asked her if I was black or white. She replied You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

James McBride quotes: How long could I go on before she'd find out who I was? She'd know it before long. Besides, how can somebody love you if you don't know who you

How long could I go on before she'd find out who I was? She'd know it before long. Besides, how can somebody love you if you don't know who you is?

James McBride quotes: He was apparently a small man, according to Mr. Higgins, with girly features, curly hair . . . and the heart of a rascal.

He was apparently a small man, according to Mr. Higgins, with girly features, curly hair . . . and the heart of a rascal.

James McBride quotes: My family is my career.

My family is my career.

James McBride quotes: Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

James McBride quotes: 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 movie that came out in 2007.

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 movie that came out in 2007.

James McBride quotes: I was ashamed of my mother, but see, love didn't come natural to me until I became a Christian.- Ruth McBride

I was ashamed of my mother, but see, love didn't come natural to me until I became a Christian.- Ruth McBride

James McBride quotes: ...for one thing you learns when you is a girl is that most women's hearts is full of secrets.

...for one thing you learns when you is a girl is that most women's hearts is full of secrets.

James McBride quotes: The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him.

The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him.

James McBride quotes: God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

James McBride quotes: The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.

The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.

James McBride quotes: skinny as horsehair in a glass of milk

skinny as horsehair in a glass of milk

James McBride quotes: The black church will accept anybody.

The black church will accept anybody.

James McBride quotes: And when James asked what color God was, she said, God is the color of water.

And when James asked what color God was, she said, God is the color of water.

James McBride quotes: You have to choose between what the world expects of you and what you want for yourself,

You have to choose between what the world expects of you and what you want for yourself,

James McBride quotes: was. The constant learning and

was. The constant learning and

James McBride quotes: If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.

If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.

James McBride quotes: Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

James McBride quotes: I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.

I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.

James McBride quotes: Be kind to the living.

Be kind to the living.

James McBride quotes: I wouldn't throw her outta bed for eating crackers. She was all class.

I wouldn't throw her outta bed for eating crackers. She was all class.

James McBride quotes: There ain't no time for foolishness now. You in it now. You got to stay in it.

There ain't no time for foolishness now. You in it now. You got to stay in it.

James McBride quotes: They'll pull the trigger and tell the hammer to hurry.

They'll pull the trigger and tell the hammer to hurry.

James McBride quotes: First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

James McBride quotes: Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it full.

Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it full.