74 Quotes by Ernest Gaines

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

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

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.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

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.

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

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