Did Hemingway Really "Write Drunk, Edit Sober"?

Via WFPL.org:

Ernest Hemingway famously said his secret was to “write drunk, edit sober.”

Or did he? Lexington humor writer Andrew Shaffer (he published the popular "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey" parody last year) respectfully debunks this attribution in his new book, "Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors," which takes a closer look the myths behind Papa Hemingway and his fellow artists who lived lives as large as their texts.  

"He actually didn’t say that quote. In fact, he never drank when he was writing," says Shaffer. "He put in his words every morning and drank the rest of the day, as soon as he was finished with his word quota. He’s supposed to be the image of the macho drunk writer, and then you find out that, well, he really didn’t. But he kept up this aura about himself and perpetuated the myth."

Aspiring authors, take note. 

The misattributed quote appears all over the 'Net, however, so it's doubtful the record is going to get set straight anytime soon (if ever). For more on the origins of "write drunk, edit sober," see http://mattwie.be