“ Perhaps as you went along you did learn something. I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what… Ernest Hemingway
“ Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that, finally, he did no work at all. Ernest Hemingway
“ But, he thought, I keep them with precision. Only I have no luck anymore. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck come… Ernest Hemingway
“ For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tri… Ernest Hemingway
“ Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway
“ Why must man not marry?" "He cannot marry. He cannot marry," he said angrily. "If he is to lose everything, he should not place himself in a position to lose that. He should not place himself in a pos… Ernest Hemingway
“ Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. Ernest Hemingway
“ I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that… Ernest Hemingway
“ I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway
“ There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesn't show. If a writer omits somethi… Ernest Hemingway
“ The one experience that he had never had he was not going to spoil now. He probably would. You spoiled everything. But perhaps he wouldn't Ernest Hemingway
“ Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. Ernest Hemingway
“ It was baking hot in the square when we came out after lunch with our bags and the rod-case to go to Burguete. People were on top of the bus, and others were climbing up a ladder. Bill went up and Rob… Ernest Hemingway