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> [I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-have-learned-as-much-about-writing-about-my-people-by-listening-to/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

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> [I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from reading novels. The understatements in the tenor saxophone of Lester Young, the crystal, haunting, forever searching sounds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-have-learned-as-much-about-writing-about-my-people-by-listening-to-2/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

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## More by Ernest Gaines

> [I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-try-to-write-something-that-would-interest-anybody-and-keep-them/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/words-mean-nothing-action-is-the-only-thing-doing-that-s-the-only/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [In all my stories and novels, no one ever escapes Louisiana. Maybe that is because my soul never left Louisiana, although my body did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/in-all-my-stories-and-novels-no-one-ever-escapes-louisiana-maybe-that/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-think-i-m-a-very-religious-person-i-think-i-believe-in-god-as-much/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [There will always be men struggling...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/there-will-always-be-men-struggling/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/what-for-i-said-what-for-tante-lou-he-treated-me-the-same-way-he/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/we-all-have-much-more-in-common-than-we-have-difference-i-would-say/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-believe-that-the-writer-should-tell-a-story-i-believe-in-plot-i/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/a-myth-is-an-old-lie-that-people-believe-in-white-people-believe-that/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-have-learned-as-much-about-writing-about-my-people-by-listening-to/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/when-i-m-sitting-in-the-church-alone-i-can-hear-singing-of-the-old/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/question-everything-every-stripe-every-star-every-word-spoken/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect. We were enemies if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/now-about-that-mulatto-teacher-and-me-there-was-no-love-there-for/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/without-love-for-my-fellow-man-and-respect-for-nature-to-me-life-is/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

> [I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-and-i-knew-if-i-had-a-wife-and-family/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

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