Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple - or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren't. Joan Didion
I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book. Paul Auster
Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences. Italo Calvino
Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences. Italo Calvino Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/italo_calvino_2.html#keDPvoyO1d6Ryhs6.99Italo Calvino