Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingwaywas an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 July 1899
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.
What did I know best that I had not written about and Lost? What did I know about truly and care for the most?
All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard.
Even if he was ever afraid he knew that he could do it anyway.
Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago
I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you
Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.
My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing.
It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war." Defeat is worse." I do not believe it," Passini said still respectfully. "What is defeat? You go home.
I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.
Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.
Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.
You know I don't love any one but you. You shouldn't mind because some one else loved me.
Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long.