You know what needs to be done when you're a writer. You know what the job is, particularly … - James McBride

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What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself.

James McBride

You know what needs to be done when you're a writer. You know what the job is, particularly if you're an African American writer, or if you deal with people, or if your subjects are poor people or people who need voice. So you don't really need to know whether or not you are doing the right thing. What you have to be wary of if you're doing the right thing to the right level that will surpass your own life. I'm hoping that my work will surpass my own life.

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