On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time. Ernest Hemingway declarativeforceharm Change image and share on social
Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him. Ernest Hemingway columnistgrassjackal Change image and share on social
A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men. Ernest Hemingway congenitalfictioninvent Change image and share on social
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway drinkmouthshut Change image and share on social
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. Ernest Hemingway criticgodwrite Change image and share on social
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. Ernest Hemingway bringcurrencyeconomic share on social
'For Whom the Bell Tolls' was a problem which I carried on each day. I knew what was going to happen in principle. But I invented what happened each day I wrote. Ernest Hemingway bellcarryday Change image and share on social
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Ernest Hemingway brushbutterflydust share on social
Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin. Ernest Hemingway bincrazyloony Change image and share on social
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl. Ernest Hemingway bloodybuzzardconfound Change image and share on social