Doe Quote by 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

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

“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

First, I write down all I know about the story, at length and in detail. Then I sink the iceberg and let some of…

— Ingmar Bergman

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

— Ernest Hemingway

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.

— Jack Vance

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

— Mark Carwardine

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.

— Hannah Kent

There are things the story must have or else look incomplete. And these will almost automatically present themselves. When they don't, you are in…

— Chinua Achebe

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

— Ernest Hemingway

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

— Margaret Atwood

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they…

— Ernest Hemingway