I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation.

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.

When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and is it is cool and you come to your work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always stop when you know what is going to happen next, you go on from there. You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit again.

The best way is to read it all every day from the start, correcting as you go along, then go on from where you stopped the day before. When it gets so long that you can't do this every day read back two or three chapters each day; then each week read it all from the start. That's how you make it all of one piece.

Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also I have no understanding of it.

I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.