Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . . Ernest Hemingway More Quotes by Ernest Hemingway More Quotes From Ernest Hemingway For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed. Ernest Hemingway new-beginningswritingbook The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it. Ernest Hemingway finalsinspiringworld Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemingway workinspirationalfunny Once in Africa I lost the corkscrew and we were forced to live off food and water for weeks. Ernest Hemingway weeklostwater I was trying to write then and I found the greatest difficulty, aside from knowing what you really felt, rather that what you were supposed to feel, and had been taught to feel, was to put down what really happened in action; what the actual things which produced the emotion that you experienced. Ernest Hemingway knowingwritingtrying All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer. Ernest Hemingway readingtruthbook 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. Ernest Hemingway trustlittlespeople There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow. Ernest Hemingway luckydoepeople Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine. Ernest Hemingway imaginehonestyimagination Write drunk; edit sober. Ernest Hemingway humorouscleverwitty Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel? Ernest Hemingway oceanseabird You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers. Ernest Hemingway sun-also-risesbusinessmandream Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time). Ernest Hemingway writingtimethinking Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? Ernest Hemingway live-life-to-the-fullesthalffeelings All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you. Ernest Hemingway readingwritingbook Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ernest Hemingway militaryinspirationalwar Worry destroys the ability to write. Ernest Hemingway abilityworrywriting A bottle of wine was good company. Ernest Hemingway good-companybottleswine It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Ernest Hemingway riding-your-bikecyclingcountry Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying. Ernest Hemingway vicesworrywriting
