Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

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

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

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

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

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

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

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

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

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...

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

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...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.