Author: Ernest Gaines

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

- Ernest Gaines

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