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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

Action is character.

Action is character.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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...

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.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

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...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

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...

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...

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...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

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,...

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.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

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...

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

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

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,...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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...