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“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”
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“Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.”
Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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“I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.”
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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 primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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“I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.”
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“What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.”
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“If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.”
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“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."”
Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2
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“I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.”
Source : Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.70, Three Rivers Press
