Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death,... - 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."

"There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges."

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."