November 7, 2011

on the importance of listening to Ernest

thanks, Kristie Cook, for posting this on facebook.

"I write one page of masterpiece to ninety one pages of sh**. I try to put the sh** in the wastebasket." Ernest Hemingway

let's just say i don't feel like i've reached the 1 yet this month. guess i need to finish the 91.

4 comments:

Janna Leadbetter said...

Brilliant!

Denise Covey said...

I love Hemingway's dedication to writing. If we could sweat over each sentence as he did our writing would be much sharper.

Love the Peanuts cartoon strip.

Denise

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I bet you've written it and just don't know it.

February Grace said...

I'm with Alex on this one- I bet it's already there!

xoxo
bru