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
The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.
The circus is the only fun you can buy that is good for you.
Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, "What will you have, sir?" And I said, "A glass of hemlock."
When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.
When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death.
To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
Never confuse movement with action.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
I drink to make other people more interesting.
Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.
Everyone has his own conscience, and there should be no rules about how a conscience should function.
The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.