There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
ERNEST HEMINGWAYShow the readers everything, tell them nothing.
More Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.
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Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is.
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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.
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The first draft of anything is shit.
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You must be prepared to work always without applause.
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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
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If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.
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No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.
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Optimism can keep a fool from accepting failure.
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Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it’s not much use.
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An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
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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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I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.
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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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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
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