Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Talent, Communication, Skill, Creativity
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Quotes On Topics
Nostalgia | Non-verbal Communication | Renewal | Domesticity | Insomnia | Priorities | Willpower | Value | Social Situations | Social Commentary | Apprehension | Acceptance | Innovation | Generations | Melancholy | American Dream | Exhaustion | Depth | Admiration | Chance | More
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“Action is character.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Behavior, Identity, Philosophy, Human Nature, Self-definition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Behavior, Identity, Philosophy, Human Nature, Self-definition“Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Baseball, Critique, Intelligence, Sports, Cynicism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Baseball, Critique, Intelligence, Sports, Cynicism“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Romance, Freedom, Gender Roles, Relationships, Social Norms
F. Scott Fitzgerald Romance, Freedom, Gender Roles, Relationships, Social Norms“It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Dreams, Journey, Self-improvement, Dissatisfaction
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Dreams, Journey, Self-improvement, Dissatisfaction“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Truth, Happiness, Priorities, Desire, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Truth, Happiness, Priorities, Desire, Human Nature“Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Exploration, Class, Resilience, Human Nature, Stereotypes
F. Scott Fitzgerald Exploration, Class, Resilience, Human Nature, Stereotypes“Human sympathy has its limits.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empathy, Human Nature, Limitations, Social Interaction, Emotional Capacity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Empathy, Human Nature, Limitations, Social Interaction, Emotional Capacity“This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the form of houses and chimneys and riding smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Decay, Desolation, Imagery, Social Critique, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Decay, Desolation, Imagery, Social Critique, Human Condition“When I'm with you, I don't breathe quite right.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Physical Reaction, Emotion, Intimacy, Human Connection
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Physical Reaction, Emotion, Intimacy, Human Connection“Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships“The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reality, Privilege, Social Commentary, Lifestyle, Perspective
F. Scott Fitzgerald Reality, Privilege, Social Commentary, Lifestyle, Perspective“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Virtue, Self-perception, Human Nature, Morality, Irony
F. Scott Fitzgerald Virtue, Self-perception, Human Nature, Morality, Irony“A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Social Strategy, Success, Appearance, Gender Dynamics
F. Scott Fitzgerald Beauty, Social Strategy, Success, Appearance, Gender Dynamics“The victor belongs to the spoils.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Success, Victory, Consequences, Irony, Reversal Of Phrase
F. Scott Fitzgerald Success, Victory, Consequences, Irony, Reversal Of Phrase“Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Speech, Uniqueness, Communication, Metaphor, Transience
F. Scott Fitzgerald Speech, Uniqueness, Communication, Metaphor, Transience“Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
City, Perception, Beauty, Promise, Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald City, Perception, Beauty, Promise, Description“They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale – and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Relationships, Intimacy, Observation, Ambiguity, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Relationships, Intimacy, Observation, Ambiguity, Human Nature“I love her, and that's the beginning and end of everything.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Devotion, Simplicity, Emotion, Totality
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Devotion, Simplicity, Emotion, Totality“A sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Morality, Inequality, Human Nature, Social Critique, Innate Qualities
F. Scott Fitzgerald Morality, Inequality, Human Nature, Social Critique, Innate Qualities“At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Temporality, Experience, Disillusionment, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Temporality, Experience, Disillusionment, Metaphor