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

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

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...

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...

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

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...

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.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

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...

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

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...

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

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

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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...

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...

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

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...

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...