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.

Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I am one of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night." "I want to go home and into bed." "We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night. I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the cafe.

If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

Write hard and clear about what hurts.

Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.