“How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.”
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Hemingway, E. (n.d.). How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/26950-how-simple-the-writing-of-literature-would-be/
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Hemingway, Ernest. “How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/26950-how-simple-the-writing-of-literature-would-be/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Hemingway, Ernest. “How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/26950-how-simple-the-writing-of-literature-would-be/.