The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in,
shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar
and all great writers have had it.
-Ernest Hemingway
Writers Quote – Ernest Hemingway
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in,
shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar
and all great writers have had it.
-Ernest Hemingway
A Pondering Mind 
8 responses to “Writers Quote – Ernest Hemingway”
Shit detector? Howard Roark summed it in ‘Fountainhead’, when he said ‘I do bad work too, occasionally. Difference is that my bad work ends up in my wastepaper basket.’
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I like Hemingway’s quote better than Ayn Rand’s…
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Hmm, I love both actually.
Rather, I love Howard Roark the character, so I love everything about him.
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to the point and practical!
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Yes it is..
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Wow, what is that smell?
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Detector working
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Good…
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