I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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.

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

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

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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....

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...

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,...

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...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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...

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...

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...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

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

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

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.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...