F. Scott Fitzgerald

Literature American 1896 – 1940 90 quotes

An American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter, widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I fell in love with her courage, her earnestness, and her quiet warmth.

The Great Gatsby 1925

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

The Great Gatsby 1925

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.

Notebook 1925

You don't write to say something, you write because you have something to say.

Interview 1936

The rhythm of the world is in my blood.

This Side of Paradise 1920

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

Bernice Bobs Her Hair (afternote) 1936

I myself saw him as the hero, but the American public thought him a cheap charlatan.

The Crack-Up 1936

It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.

The Great Gatsby 1925

The past is a bucket of ashes.

This Side of Paradise 1920

Action is character.

Notebook 1936