June 2011
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Getting the words right
Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do?
Ernest Hemingway: I rewrote the ending of "Farewell to Arms", the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.
Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that stumped you?
Ernest Hemingway: Getting the words right.
“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via nightswimming)
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“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via measart) 