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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

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

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

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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....

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...

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...

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.