Action is character.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...