Quotes by F Scott Fitzgerald

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

#F Scott Fitzgerald

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

Action is character.

#F Scott Fitzgerald

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

#F Scott Fitzgerald

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

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

#F Scott Fitzgerald

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

#F Scott Fitzgerald

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

#F Scott Fitzgerald