I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Writing Quotes

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best,...

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best,...

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

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

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

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

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

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then...

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life...

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life...

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have...

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have...

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

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

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

One of the hallmarks of the baby boomer generation is that it doesnt live like...

One of the hallmarks of the baby boomer generation is that it doesnt live like...

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Responsible Drinking? Now that's an Oxymoron.

Responsible Drinking? Now that's an Oxymoron.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Eat - well is drink - well's brother

Eat - well is drink - well's brother

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

Old wine and friends improve with age.

Old wine and friends improve with age.