What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just as he wants her to feel guilty. Well, I'm not feeling guilty, Tante Lou. I didn't… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
In all my stories and novels, no one ever escapes Louisiana. Maybe that is because my soul never left Louisiana, although my body did… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
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… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
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… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
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… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
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… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect. We were enemies if… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share
