He has never been known to use a word that might send
a reader to the dictionary.
William Faulkner, on Ernest Hemingway

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come
from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words.
I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better
words, and those are the ones I use.
Hemingway

Take Hemingway. People always think that the reason he's
easy to read is that he's concise. he isn't. I hate conciseness
-it's too difficult. The reason Hemingway is easy to read is that he
repeats himself all the time, using "and" for padding.
Tom Wolfe

The effect upon women is such that they want to go right out
and get him and bring him home stuffed.
Dorothy Parker , on Ernest Hemingway