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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes about writing

American Author, Writer September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter..."
If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired F. Scott Fitzgerald
One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual. There are open wounds, shrunk sometimes to the size of a pin-prick but wounds still. The marks of suffering are more comparable to the loss of a finger, or of the sight of an eye. We may not miss them, either, for one minute in a year, but if we should there is nothing to be done about it. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three..."
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. F. Scott Fitzgerald
What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written."
Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written. F. Scott Fitzgerald
My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never write anything..."
I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never write anything but mediocre poetry. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say..."
The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "You don't write because you want to say something, you write..."
You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "You don't write because you want to say something; you write..."
You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald
An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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