'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
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
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. Ernest Hemingway birdflygood Change image and share on social
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. Ernest Hemingway caricaturecharactercreate Change image and share on social
When I am working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you, and it is cool or cold, and you come to your work and warm as you write. Ernest Hemingway bookcoldcool share on social
I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast - talk them or write them down. Ernest Hemingway fastmakemind Change image and share on social
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. Ernest Hemingway continuedeathend Change image and share on social
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward. Ernest Hemingway artistdepressiongood Change image and share on social
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway diedoggood Change image and share on social
