[*"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."*](http://www.quotes.net/quote/794) [***Ernest Hemingway »***](http://www.quotes.net/authors/Ernest%20Hemingway) Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 â€" July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.He won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954.