Ernest Gaines

“What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.”

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

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

“When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.”