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Ernest Gaines quotes

American Writer January 15, 1933

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Ernest Gaines quote: "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
Ernest Gaines quote: "Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word..."
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come..."
All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in..."
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did..."
Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "The mark of fear is not easily removed."
The mark of fear is not easily removed. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "I write with as much objectivity as I can."
I write with as much objectivity as I can. Ernest Gaines
Do I know what a man is ? Do I know how a man is supposed to die ? I’m still trying to find out how a man should live. Am I supposed to tell someone how to die who has never lived ? Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who..."
He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's..."
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing. Ernest Gaines
And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of us, individually- decide to become something else. I am still that piece of drifting wood, and those out there are no better. But you can be better. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own..."
I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "Everything's been said, but it needs saying again."
Everything's been said, but it needs saying again. Ernest Gaines

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