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For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.
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The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves.
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It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.
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Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.
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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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