Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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...

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...

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

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

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

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

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...

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.