I don't like a bunch of writers sitting around, puffing smoke, they like this book, he wrote this - tell me a dirty joke, you know. It's just not my style, I've never been that kind of person. James McBride bookbunchdirty Change image and share on social
You can't live for literature. You can't live for the job. James McBride jobliteraturelive Change image and share on social
I used to walk through the Old Times Square fearing for my life. Now I wouldn't be caught dead there. James McBride catchdeadfear Change image and share on social
You can play Mozart all you want and pretend that it gives you class, but what is class, you know? Class is a bus driver on the M103 who gets off the bus to help somebody on board even though he's tired, he's exhausted, and he's two months behind on his mortgage. That's real class. James McBride boardbusclass share on social
My main problem with fiction is that once my characters get moving, you just have to follow them along and get out of the way of the story, but sometimes they pull me in too many directions, and I need to focus. James McBride characterdirectionfiction share on social
I have cousins in North Carolina who talk in that old Southern style of 'yakking,' if you will. All the black men in my life when I was a boy talked that way, and I love that kind of talk. James McBride blackboycarolina Change image and share on social
I think only now am I at the age where I've forgiven the past enough to say, 'You know what? Slavery was there. Let's talk about it in ways that will help us face tomorrow. James McBride agefaceforgive Change image and share on social
The whole notion of owning a person is so ludicrous, there's plenty of room to make fun. James McBride funludicrousmake Change image and share on social
James Brown's music still sounds as fresh and as good and as new as it did when he first created it. James McBride browncreatefresh Change image and share on social
