Ernest Hemingway

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died read more

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.

Never confuse movement with action.

Never confuse movement with action.

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. read more

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.

By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure

By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.