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.

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

Ernest Gaines

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

Ernest Gaines

Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.

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

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

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

Ernest Gaines

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.

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

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

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

Ernest Gaines

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

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

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

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