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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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“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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“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”
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“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”
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“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”
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“I suspect that in every good marriage there are times when love seems to be over.”
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“Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.”
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“All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.”
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“In France, it's very suspect when you have a success.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
