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Ernest Gaines quotes: I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

Ernest Gaines quotes: Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday.

Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday.

Ernest Gaines quotes: The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: Everything's been said, but it needs saying again.

Everything's been said, but it needs saying again.

Ernest Gaines quotes: The mark of fear is not easily removed.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

Ernest Gaines quotes: I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying or not.

I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying or not.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.

I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.

Ernest Gaines quotes: Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: I write with as much objectivity as I can.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

Ernest Gaines quotes: I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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

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 quotes: Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Ernest Gaines quotes: 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 quotes: A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

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 quotes: He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.

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 quotes: How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?

How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?

Ernest Gaines quotes: Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.

Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.

Ernest Gaines quotes: "You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."

"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."