James McBride Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“Be kind to the living.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“As a journalist, the details always tell the story.”

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

“I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford.”

“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.”