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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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...

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

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

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

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...

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...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.