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“In the beginning, I tried to be a more cosmopolitan writer, but I realized that I was a country boy, and I had to deal with things I knew about and where I came from.” quote by Ernest Gaines — Download Open image

“In the beginning, I tried to be a more cosmopolitan writer, but I realized that I was a country boy, and I had to deal with things I knew about and where I came from.”

Ernest Gaines

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Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

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I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

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