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A. E. Hotchner

(1920–2020) Novelist United States

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A. E. Hotchner was a novelist from the United States, best known for Papa Hemingway.

Quick Facts About A. E. Hotchner

Born: June 28, 1920
Died: February 15, 2020
Nationality: United States
Profession: Novelist
Notable works: Papa Hemingway

About A. E. Hotchner

Aaron Edward Hotchner was an American editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer. He wrote many television screenplays as well as noted biographies of Doris Day and Ernest Hemingway. He co-founded the charity food company Newman's Own with actor Paul Newman.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by A. E. Hotchner

Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.

Being there

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“Why is it...that the good things that pop up almost always get clobbered by these miserable darn things that seem to choke…

Childhood memories

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There are bullfighters who do it just for the money-they are worthless [said Hemingway]. The only one who matters is the bullfighter…

Damn

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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…

Ads

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Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as…

Boundaries

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Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are?

Helping

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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…

Bed

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Each day was a challenge of enjoyment, and he [Hemingway] would plan it out as a field general plans a campign.

Challenges

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From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St.…

Affliction

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