An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and…

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Writing Quotes

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

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

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...

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

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...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

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

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

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

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...

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.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit