Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.
Ernest HemingwayThe best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.
Ernest HemingwayThat terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.
Ernest HemingwayRomance was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes.
Ernest Hemingway