Books Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”

— Anais Nin

“I write to say what I cannot speak”

— Ben Mitchell

“If something must be said, it will say itself. The writer's task is to listen.”

— Dalia Sofer

“It's been said of writers that if we don't have to write, we ought not to.”

— ChiLibris

“Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.”

— Arnost Lustig

“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.”

— Anthony Liccione

“In order to be heard, an author must have readers...”

— Rachel Heffington

“If one think he can live without writing, perhaps he should not write at all.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“writing is perilous, as you can’t always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.”

— Jojo Moyes

The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“We must remember that what a writer does to people is not necessarily what he intends to do. It may be only what people…

— T.S. Eliot