I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Anything you know, you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg.


Paris Review (Spring, 1958)

Ernest Hemingway Quotes

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Anything you know, you can...

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Anything you know, you can...

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Anything you know, you can...

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Anything you know, you can...