Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

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...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

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

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

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...

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...