F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

There is no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don’t feel it at all.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

We all have souls of different ages.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

You can stroke people with words.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She’s too pretty.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

F. Scott Fitzgerald