Top 24 Quotes by Ernest Gaines

About Ernest Gaines

These are some quotes by American author Ernest Gaines Writer, who was born on January 15, 1933.

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 had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

Ernest Gaines

I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.

Ernest Gaines

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

Ernest Gaines

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