Top 114 Quotes by James McBride

I don't like living around too many fancy-pantsy folks. That ain't my thing. I'm not into phony people.

I split my time between a small town in New Jersey and New York City.

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.

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.

Be kind to the living.

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.

I just love music, and I love what music does for people.

All of us want to be Superman when we grow up, fighting for truth and justice. That's part of what drives me as a writer.

The abolitionists were not like the rugged people out West, and they were not like John Brown, either. They were people who made speeches and did politics.

Some writers like to go around talking about what they do all the time. I don't.