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“He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing.”
Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.14, Da Capo Press
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“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”
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“I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.”
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.”
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“Lies kill love, it's been said. Well, what about frankness, then.”
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“Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.”
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“I don’t think any relationship responds well to pressure.”
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“Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.”
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“I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday!”
