Author: Ernest Gaines

Quotes

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.

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.

- Ernest Gaines

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

- Ernest Gaines

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 praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.

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 praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.

- Ernest Gaines

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.

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.

- Ernest Gaines

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, I know there's God.

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, I know there's God.

- Ernest Gaines

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

- Ernest Gaines

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

- Ernest Gaines

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

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

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