Home Quote by Ernest Gaines Download Open image “I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.” — Ernest Gaines ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Home Wanted Writing
Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer. — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter. — Juliana Hatfield 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 Image
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my… — Jane Powell Copy Share Image
“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are. — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient. — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
![“I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my career], because so many things are on the road. I just don't want to be away from my husband, my dogs and my home. I don't sing that much any more because that also takes you on the road.” quote by Jane Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/07c/jane-powell-36243_away-from-home_i-don-t-like-being-away-from-home-that-s_278.jpg)
