It's none of their business that you have to learn how to wr... - 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."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."

"The first draft of anything is shit."

"Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you."