If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If... - Ernest Hemingway

"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

"It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better."

"You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love."

"It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way."