James McBride quotes

As a journalist, the details always tell the story. (James McBride)
Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it. View quote
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Be kind to the living. View quote
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People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home. View quote
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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. View quote
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My family is my career. View quote
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First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. View quote
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When you're interviewing someone, even your mother - you have to sort of deal with you have to get some objective space from yourself and the person but you also have to find what's the best way to get the information from that person. View quote
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If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue. View quote
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Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning. View quote
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I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford. (James McBride)
I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel. View quote
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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. View quote
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The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. View quote
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The black church will accept anybody. View quote
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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. View quote
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Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel. View quote
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It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker. View quote
James McBride

James McBride

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: September 11, 1957
Quotes count: 18
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