My father died in 1957, just before I was born. My mother went to her Jewish aunt, who slammed the door in her face. James McBride Read Quote
We’re learning a tremendous amount of propaganda from television and the Internet. James McBride Read Quote
I hate to sound blase about it, but literary status is not important to me. Being happy is important to me. James McBride Read Quote
The whole notion of owning a person is so ludicrous, there’s plenty of room to make fun. James McBride Read Quote
Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he’s a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he’s a novel. James McBride Read Quote
John Brown was the abolitionist to end all abolitionists. People thought he was crazy. He was like John Coltrane playing free jazz, exhausting all possibilities in his approach to harmony and improvisation. James McBride Read Quote
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. James McBride Read Quote
