evidence: FACT CHECK: Did Ernest Hemingway Say, ‘I Love Sleep. A post shared on Facebook claims that American writer Ernest Hemingway once said, "I love sleep. [...] "It’s definitely not Hemingway. This is the first time I’ve heard the quote," Dearborn said. "The syntax or diction is wrong. Hemingway would never make an observation and then end it with ‘you know?’ He wasn’t that friendly, and he wasn’t all that interested in whether someone got what he was saying or not. So just no on all counts."