I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.
Ernest GainesSometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.
Ernest GainesHe told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.
Ernest GainesOnly when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free. Yes, they must believe, they must believe. Because I know what it means to be a slave. I am a slave.
Ernest GainesI want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.
Ernest GainesI still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him? 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