Ernest Hemingway

Write drunk; edit sober.


Write drunk; edit sober.

America is the land of


America is the land of wide lawns and narrow minds.

All the critics who could


All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching impotence, failure and general drying up of natural juices. Not a one will wish you luck or hope that you will keep on writing unless you have political affiliations in which case these will rally around and speak of you and Homer, Balzac, Zola and Link Steffens.

Always do sober what you


Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

An intelligent man is sometimes


An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

[What is the definition of


[What is the definition of guts?] Grace under pressure.