Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.
Source: The Adding Machine, A Word to the Wise Guy (1985).
-- William S Burroughs, (Feb 5 1914-1997), US writer; He was a chief spokesman for the beat movement, 1950s; wrote Naked Lunch, 1959.