"My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courte...

Now, Max, I have told you many times that you are my publisher, and permanently, as far as one can fling about the word in this too mutable world....The idea of leaving you has never for one single moment entered my head.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald ~












Now, Max, I have told you many times that you are my publisher, and permanently, as far as one can f...
Show MoreMore F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes
"That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone....
"I could never be a Communist. I could never be regimented. I could never be told what to write.
"We have reached a censorship barrier in Infidelity, to our infinite disappointment. It won’t be Joan’s [Joan Crawford's] next picture and we are setti...
"Artistic temperament is like a king with vigor and unlimited opportunity. You shake the structure to pieces by playing with it.
"Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.
"Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that such a law a...
"Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings.
"Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
"The important thing is that you should not argue with them [Communists]....Whatever you say, they have ways of twisting it into shapes which put you i...
"A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If he succumbs to ideologies, he turns ...
"This general eclipse of ambition and determination and fortitude, all of the very qualities on which I have prided myself, is ridiculous, and, I must ...
"The clean book bill will be one of the most immoral measures ever adopted. It will throw American art back into the junk heap.
"For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you ...
"Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.