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Ernest J. Gaines Quotes

1933–2019 United States

Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an African-American author whose books include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Lesson Before Dying, and A Gathering of Old Men.

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Also known as: Ernest Gaines

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All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

King is probably one of three men of this century that I'll call heroic. A fantastic man as far as I'm concerned, for all that he did.

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 would think a faith in God is one thing. I think that if we could change the whole world and keep the land is another thing. Change things yet keep keep the relationship is another thing.

When people hear stories, they identify more closely with the characters. When I read aloud, people always come up to me and say, “I understand it much better now that I’ve heard you read it. I can hear the characters’ voices much clearer…”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ernest J. Gaines (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.