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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

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...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

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

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

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

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...

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...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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