The first draft of anything is shit.
ERNEST HEMINGWAYThere is no such thing as great writing – there is only great re-writing!
More Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.
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We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
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Any man’s life, told truly, is a novel.
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Religion is the opium of the poor.
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You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers.
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An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
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Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.
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To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.
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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
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In order to write about life first you must live it.
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The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can’t be found.
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Look at things and listen and feel.
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
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Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
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