No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...