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He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing.
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There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.
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Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
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Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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The older woman waiting for admittance looked at me, then over her shoulder at Patch, who was vanishing down the hall. “Honey,†she told me, “he looks slippery as soap.
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It’s the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife.
