Quote by Ernest Hemingway
I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of [$h¡t].

I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of [$h¡t]. I try to put the [$h¡t] in the wastebasket. – Ernest Hemingway

Other quotes by Ernest Hemingway

To be a successful father… theres one absolute rule: when you have a kid, dont look at it for the first two years. – Ernest Hemingway

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Father
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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. – Ernest Hemingway

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good
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Writing
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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. – Henry Rollins

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Writing

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Writing

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. – Orson Scott Card

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Writing

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener

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Writing

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Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. – Aldous Huxley

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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. – Ben Stiller

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Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes. – Antisthenes

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Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them. – Blaise Pascal

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Art