"I knew I wanted to be a writer……" — 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 was afraid it wouldn't be the writing."
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52 Quotes by Ernest Gaines
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Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
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But let us say he was (guilty). Let us for a moment say he was (guilty). What justice would there…
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I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What…
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Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect.…
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"What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me…
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"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."
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We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to…
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Don't tell me to believe. Don't tell me to believe in the same God or laws that men believe in…
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You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn…
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The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.
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I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I…
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We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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