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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

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...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

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

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

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

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

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

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

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

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

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.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...