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Ernest Hemingway Quotes

The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal Picture Quote #1

A writer should be of as great probity and honesty as a priest of God. He is either honest or not, as a woman is either chaste or not, and after one piece of dishonest writing he is never the same again Picture Quote #1

It has been said that Ernest Hemingway would rewrite scenes until they pleased him, often thirty or forty times. Hemingway, critics claimed, was a genius. Was it his genius that drove him to work hard, or was it hard work that resulted in works of genius? Picture Quote #1

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows Picture Quote #1

I’m not unfaithful, darling. I’ve plenty of faults but I’m very faithful. You’ll be sick of me I’ll be so faithful Picture Quote #1

And you’ll always love me won’t you? Yes And the rain won’t make any difference? No Picture Quote #1

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My heart’s broken,’ he thought. ‘If I feel this way my heart must be broken Picture Quote #1

Cheer up,’ I said. ‘All countries look just like the moving pictures Picture Quote #1

And that’s when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I’m thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingway? Picture Quote #1

Until you’re grown-up they send you to reform school. After you’re grown-up they send you to the penitentiary Picture Quote #1

Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself Picture Quote #1

No; that doesn’t interest me.’ ‘That’s because you never read a book about it Picture Quote #1

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The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert Picture Quote #1

Perhaps wars weren’t won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years’ War Picture Quote #1

Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time. I only use swear words, for example, that have lasted at least a thousand years for fear of getting stuff that will be simply timely and then go sour Picture Quote #1

Don’t get discouraged because there’s a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times Picture Quote #1

Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago Picture Quote #1

You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them Picture Quote #1

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[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race! Picture Quote #1

Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that the reader can see it too. Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over Picture Quote #1

I’m always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I’ll always be in supply Picture Quote #1

I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush Picture Quote #1

I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day Picture Quote #1

I remember having to read ‘The Old Man and the Sea,’ and I didn’t want to read it; I didn’t want to like Ernest Hemingway. I was being a stubborn teenager Picture Quote #1

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The Sun Also Rises’ by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it Picture Quote #1

The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring and I wanted very much to go to Spain where I could study it. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death Picture Quote #1

Tell me some true things about fighting.’’Tell me you love me.’’I love you,’ the girl said. ‘You can publish it in the Gazzettino if you like. I love your hard, flat body and your strange eyes that frighten me when they become wicked. I love your hand and all your other wounded places Picture Quote #1

As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of my own countrymen. Greater writers than these also did not receive the prize. I would have been happy - happier - today if the prize had been given to that beautiful writer Isak Dinesen Picture Quote #1

I have spent--or wasted--my life around motor racing: driving, promoting, and writing about what Ernest Hemingway once linked with mountain climbing and bull fighting as the only true sports. The rest, he sniffed, are merely games Picture Quote #1

Creation’s probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh Picture Quote #1

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The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) A writer should be of as great probity and honesty as a priest of God. He is either honest or not, as a woman is either chaste or not, and after one piece of dishonest writing he is never the same again (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) It has been said that Ernest Hemingway would rewrite scenes until they pleased him, often thirty or forty times. Hemingway, critics claimed, was a genius. Was it his genius that drove him to work hard, or was it hard work that resulted in works of genius? (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I’m not unfaithful, darling. I’ve plenty of faults but I’m very faithful. You’ll be sick of me I’ll be so faithful (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) And you’ll always love me won’t you? Yes And the rain won’t make any difference? No (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) My heart’s broken,’ he thought. ‘If I feel this way my heart must be broken (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Cheer up,’ I said. ‘All countries look just like the moving pictures (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) And that’s when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I’m thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingway? (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Until you’re grown-up they send you to reform school. After you’re grown-up they send you to the penitentiary (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) No; that doesn’t interest me.’ ‘That’s because you never read a book about it (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Perhaps wars weren’t won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years’ War (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time. I only use swear words, for example, that have lasted at least a thousand years for fear of getting stuff that will be simply timely and then go sour (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Don’t get discouraged because there’s a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) [Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race! (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that the reader can see it too. Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I’m always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I’ll always be in supply (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I remember having to read ‘The Old Man and the Sea,’ and I didn’t want to read it; I didn’t want to like Ernest Hemingway. I was being a stubborn teenager (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) The Sun Also Rises’ by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring and I wanted very much to go to Spain where I could study it. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Tell me some true things about fighting.’’Tell me you love me.’’I love you,’ the girl said. ‘You can publish it in the Gazzettino if you like. I love your hard, flat body and your strange eyes that frighten me when they become wicked. I love your hand and all your other wounded places (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of my own countrymen. Greater writers than these also did not receive the prize. I would have been happy - happier - today if the prize had been given to that beautiful writer Isak Dinesen (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I have spent--or wasted--my life around motor racing: driving, promoting, and writing about what Ernest Hemingway once linked with mountain climbing and bull fighting as the only true sports. The rest, he sniffed, are merely games (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Creation’s probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh (Ernest Hemingway Quotes)

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