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A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.
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Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.
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Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.
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You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.
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Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.
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It is a miserable thing to have people writing about your private life while you are alive. I have tried to stop it all that I could but there have been many abuses by people I trusted. You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.
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