Zitate und Sprüche von Ernest Gaines

Zitate und Sprüche von Ernest Gaines

Worte sind Schall und Rauch. Nur Taten zählen. Handeln. Darum geht es.
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.
Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.