Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.
Ernest GainesI 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 GainesThe artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.
Ernest GainesI 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