All Ernest Gaines Quotes
- All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. Alive
- I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was… Afraid
- 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 God,… Any
- I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline. Anybody
- I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home. Home
- I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what… Figure
- I write with as much objectivity as I can. Inspirational
- The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist. Condition
- Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday. Better
- What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing,… Anymore
- 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 their… Alone
- If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As… Accept
- Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? Caring
- There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past. Black
- I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. Believe
- I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our… All
- He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts. Beast
- And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of us, individually- decide… All
- I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be. Difference
- Everything's been said, but it needs saying again. Been
- ...my heart may have been in it but my soul was not. Been
- You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken. Bend
- I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience. Conscience
- How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God? Another Man
- Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake. Book