James McBride Quotes

I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.

I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.

I have no memories of my childhood in Texas. When I was about four, we moved to San Francisco. I was in the middle of seven brothers and sisters: three girls and four boys. Most of my older brothers and sisters got the blame for everything, and the little ones had a free ride. We loved each other but fought like cats and dogs.

I grew up in a family of nine kids.

I am the oldest of 4 kids.

My parents got divorced when I was 2, so I have this weird thing where I have 8 brothers and sisters, but I am also an only child.

I've got 11 brothers and sisters.

I have 10 brothers and sisters.

I'm the youngest of seven kids.

I grew up in the projects with four older brothers.

I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters.

I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings.

I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8.

My overwhelming memory of my childhood is the constant busyness in the house. I am seventh out of eight kids - five boys and three girls - plus my mom, Ruth.

I was born into an upper-middle class family in a village in the South of Sweden in April 1899. It was a large family with seven children, a large house, and a home which was very hospitable and open to friends and relatives.

I've eight brothers and sisters - five girls, four boys. I am the seventh.

I'm the youngest of six kids, and I grew up with a lot of noise, a lot of music, and a lot of laughter.

I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children.

I'm the seventh child among eight siblings and have always had a gift for art.

I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7.

I have 11 sisters and 6 brothers.

When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram.

I come from a working-class family of seven children.

Being the youngest sibling, I've always been the most pampered child.

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there.