Faulkner vs. Hemingway

Faulkner is well-known for his contrast with another popular writer of the era, Ernest Hemingway. While Faulkner's style is full of long sentences containing powerful emotions, Hemingway's approach was much more simple. His sentences are short, rarely exceeding a few words, and many said he wrote without emotion.

Far from embracing their differences, the two were apparently not fans of each other.

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

You have to hand it to writers-their insults put the rest of us to shame.