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

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

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...

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

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