People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might... - Ernest Hemingway

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

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

"What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?"

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