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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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

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

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...

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

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

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

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.

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.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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

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

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

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...

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...

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

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