Bell Quote by Madison Smartt Bell

I kind of dislike 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' but most of Hemingway in general, mainly because his stylistic shenanigans ruined so many young…

— Christopher Moore

I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest…

— David Morrell

As to Hemingway, I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it.

— Ernest Hemingway

“And then along came Hemingway. What a thrill! He knew how to lay down a line. It was a joy. Words weren’t dull, words…

— Charles Bukowski

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

— Jim Harrison

Kat Stratford: Romantic? Hemingway? He was an abusive, alcoholic misogynist who squandered half of his life hanging around Picasso trying to nail his leftovers.

— 10 Things I Hate About You

Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

— Nelson DeMille

“The greatest stories ever told trace a path through the charred and exalted landscape of romantic love.”

— Elizabeth Lesser

The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I'm not a Hemingway scholar, so I've come across some surprises.

— Jack Hemingway

“[about Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises] His characters are as shallow as the saucers in which they stack their daily emotions.”

— The New York Times

I'm a big Hemingway and Salinger fan.

— Antoni Porowski