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James McBride Quotes

Fiction makes your dreams come true, and, as a writer, fiction allows you to delve into the area of miracles.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 11, 1957

Topics

Dreams Your Dreams You Miracles True

My father worked in Chrysler's drafting department and used to bring home tracing paper, No. 2 pencils, and masking tape from the office. With these, I used to trace off drawings from the 'Superman' and 'Batman' comics and put them up on my bedroom walls.

Father Home Walls Superman Office

I went to a very small Catholic school. It wasn't an easy place to be growing up gay.

John Cameron Mitchell

School Growing Up Small Easy Gay Up

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

Change Good People Me You Want

For the record, I am gay.

I Am Gay Record Am

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

Work Myself Never Always Far Much

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

Death Die Worst Able Even Wants

A child can escape the shadows.

Child Shadows Escape

I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I'm of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him.

Today Writing Impossible Think Him

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

Group Supreme Court Because Candidate

I thought I'd give myself 10 years as an entertainment journalist and build up so much clout that there was no way Hollywood could ignore me when I started delivering scripts. Little did I know they were very good at ignoring it.

Good Myself Me Thought Ignore Know

My father was what you would call a cowboy, a vaquero; he worked out in the ranches with cattle. And my mother came from farmers down in the valley.

Father Mother You Down Farmers Out

I don't think I have spiritual beliefs in the structured sense - but I believe in the absolute necessity of spirit and a healthy spiritual life. It grew inside me by itself, which is surely the very nature of spirit, and instinctively I protected and nourished it. I also absorbed spirituality by osmosis.

Life Nature Spiritual Me Believe

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