Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines
Ernest James Gainesis an African-American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works have been made into television movies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 January 1933
CountryUnited States of America
motivational respect integrity
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
mistake book would-be
Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.
woods pieces earth
And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of us, individually- decide to become something else. I am still that piece of drifting wood, and those out there are no better. But you can be better.
motivational mean action
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
california soul body
In all my stories and novels, no one ever escapes Louisiana. Maybe that is because my soul never left Louisiana, although my body did go to California.
struggle men african-american
There will always be men struggling...