Ernest-holmes Quote by Ruth A. Hawkins

Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.

— Leslie Fiedler

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

“Would it have killed her to play along? To have told Pauline, Oh my! You’re kidding! What a scandal! If gossip gave Pauline pleasure…

— Alice McDermott

“He had been a mildly successful author, according to his wife.”

— James Daniello Jr

“Carol would not be a bad one to [settle down] with. She's pretty and bright, and maybe this is what love is. She's good…

— John Dunning

“He did not say so, but the words behind the words told me that he would rather have launched me into a good marriage…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I myself fell in love with a wonderful women who was so charming and intelligent that I trusted that she would be my bride,…

— Lemony Snicket

“Look, writers aren't perfect , I want to cry, any more than husbands and wives are perfect. The only unfailing rule is, If they…

— Julian Barnes

“[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

“He was a mildly successful author, according to his wife.”

— James Daniello Jr

“To Frances Turnbull Nov. 9, 1938 p. 368 I've read the story carefully and, Frances, I'm afraid the price for doing professional work is…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The closest thing in my life to a mistake of that magnitude was the marriage of my dear friend Liza to the Man Whose…

— Sam Harris