Dignity Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water'.”

— Ernest Hemingway

If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Every novel which is truly written contributes to the total of knowledge which is there at the disposal of the next writer who comes,…

— Ernest Hemingway

There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg.…

— Ernest Hemingway

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.

— Ernest Hemingway

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.

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The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.

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No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might usefully cannibalize…

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Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in…

— George Saunders

Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.

— Hilton Als

“Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.”

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Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous of you,…

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