Ernest Hemingway Quotes

You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.

Ernest Hemingway

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961

Topics

LoveAloneTimeBestPeopleWriting

While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps.

Meg Rosoff

DogPeaceCreativeCakeEnergy

For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.

Meir Kahane

AloneMindLongChoiceWillTurn

People like Dick Gregory, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone show me what the definition of an artist is - it isn't just to make art but to speak truth to what's happening, speak beauty into the world, speak love into the world and also... get involved.

John Legend

LoveBeautyTruthArtPeopleWorld

I made a sort-of living in the beginning of my acting career as a reporter. I think my very first job was 'Early Edition' as reporter no. 1, and for 'Light It Up,' I was reporter no. 2.

Amy Landecker

LightJobBeginningThinkActingUp

The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged.

Steve Erickson

CharacterWordsMoviesBirthDriven

I don't raise my daughter differently than her twin brother, to the point where she only wanted to wear his clothes - sweatpants, baggy T-shirts, and high-tops - for a year straight. She claims it's because she needs to be 'comfortable and functional,' and who can blame her? I would wear a tracksuit seven out of seven days if I could.

Amanda de Cadenet

DaughterBrotherBlameClothesYear

We need to keep an eye on influences from the Middle East or, let's say, indigenous groups, that might be involved in terrorism.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

EyeTerrorismSayNeedKeepMiddle

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

FreeYouPersonSayWantTell

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

Chris Lowell

ThoughtActorMoreDirectorBeing

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

Christian McKay

JealousFriendsTraveledAlwaysWho

Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were speed races, but they are not. They're endurance races. Even a marathon, the way it's run now, it's not an endurance contest.

Christopher McDougall

AnimalSpeedEnduranceRunWayTry

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

Chris Stapleton

MusicSimpleJoyLookingBackI Can

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