Ernest Gaines

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

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I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

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

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

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

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

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Quotes by Ernest Gaines