Famous writers, writing… Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, 1939

[photo: wikipedia]

I’ve always been fond of Hemingway, blame it on Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Hemingway the lover of Spain, the journalist-turned-novelist, that is… I dislike the bullfighting and other macho behaviour. His ability to frame a quotation is legendary, my favourite is:-
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
If it were only that simple.

Read the first paragraphs of The Old Man and the Sea and To Have and Have Not.

‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway [UK: Arrow] Buy now

See these other famous people, reading & writing:-
Agatha Christie
Jonathan Franzen
William Golding

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Comments

Garrulous Gwendoline January 19, 2014 at 7:02 am

There is one sentence in my manuscript that I am absolutely, totally, satisfied with. It’s the other thousands of sentences that are my problem.
- sandradan1 January 20, 2014 at 4:47 pm
  
  I know what you mean. The other quote that I sort of agree with, but which also makes me cringe when I sit down to write, is ‘write it one sentence at a time’. Duh! SD
  - Garrulous Gwendoline January 21, 2014 at 9:32 am
    
    I’m with you on that one 🙂
cindybruchman January 18, 2014 at 3:09 pm

I like Hemingway’s short stories best. ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ is my favorite novel. 🙂
- sandradan1 January 20, 2014 at 4:48 pm
  
  I’m quite fond of A Farewell to Arms. SD
kaisywmills January 18, 2014 at 2:20 pm

I LOVE Hemingway! Adore “The Killers”! 🙂
- sandradan1 January 20, 2014 at 6:53 pm
  
  I don’t know ‘The Killers’ but have put it on my to-read list. Thx. SD