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Ernest Gaines quotes about writing

American Writer January 15, 1933

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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
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
We've only been living in these ghettos for seventy-five years or so, but the other three hundred years -- I think this is worth writing about. I think we've made tremendous sacrifices, we've shown tremendous strength. In the ghetto you see a lot of frustration; you see very little strength. 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. Ernest Gaines
Writing is too goddamned hard for me to think about a soul in teh world ... I don't think about a soul, but just try to get those goddamned characters to act right. Ernest Gaines
I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel. Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines quote: "I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to..."
I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about. 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. 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: "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: "I write with as much objectivity as I can."
I write with as much objectivity as I can. Ernest Gaines

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