Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.

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Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their...

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their...

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly...

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly...

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began,...

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began,...

The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always...

The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always...

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk...

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk...

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store...

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store...

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White...

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White...

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy...

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy...

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice...

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice...

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house,...

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house,...

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one...

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one...