You make your own luck by working hard, you know? James McBride hardluckmake Change image and share on social
Historical novels are hard to do for the general public for commercial writers like myself. James McBride commercialgeneralhard Change image and share on social
I'm trying to get Americans to see that we're all pretty much the same. I believe it; I was taught God doesn't have a color. I want to better the planet a little bit. James McBride americanbitecolor Change image and share on social
When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk. James McBride comefunkjazz Change image and share on social
James Brown's life was really a metaphor for our inability to talk about matters like race and class in America. James McBride americabrownclass Change image and share on social
Don't get me started on Americans and war. One of the things I learnt over in Italy is how they mythologised the war so that it's all good old gung-ho guys from Omaha and ignored everyone else's role. James McBride americangoodgung Change image and share on social
We don't know who John Brown was, and in many ways, his work shaped where we are today. He was a Pennsylvanian. He was the prototypical Yankee who fought back and suffered in doing so. James McBride backbrownfight Change image and share on social
When my mother left home, her family sat shivah for her, more because my father was not Jewish than because he was black. James McBride blackfamilyfather Change image and share on social
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. James McBride effectivemakenarrative Change image and share on social