evidence: FACT CHECK: ‘Write Drunk, Edit Sober’ — Did Ernest Hemingway Give This Writing Advice? A Facebook post claims that American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." [...] "He did not say that. That’s absolutely certain," said Hemingway biographer Dr. Mary Dearborn in an email to the Daily Caller. "He, along with most writers, made a point of saying he never wrote when drunk."