Famous Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The American Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novels and short stories, which are widely regarded as some of the greatest works of 20th-century American literature. His most famous novel is "The Great Gatsby," which is a classic of modern American fiction. Other notable works by Fitzgerald include "The Beautiful and Damned," "This Side of Paradise," "Tender Is the Night," and "The Last Tycoon." Fitzgerald is also known for his tumultuous personal life and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald.

A few interesting facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald:

1. Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He was named after his second cousin, three times removed, Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
2. Fitzgerald was a talented writer from a young age. He wrote his first novel, "The Romantic Egoist," while he was a student at Princeton University, but it was not published.
3. Fitzgerald is best known for his novel "The Great Gatsby," which is widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century literature. The novel tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who becomes infatuated with a woman named Daisy Buchanan.
4. Fitzgerald was married to Zelda Sayre, a beautiful and unconventional woman who was the inspiration for many of his female characters. The couple had a tumultuous relationship and were known for their wild parties and extravagant lifestyle.
5. Fitzgerald struggled with alcoholism throughout his life and had a tumultuous relationship with Zelda. He died of a heart attack at the age of 44 in 1940, while working on his final novel, "The Last Tycoon." Despite his early death, Fitzgerald's work has had a lasting impact on literature and popular culture.

 

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Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Action is character.
• Forgotten is forgiven.
• The victor belongs to the spoils.
• You can stroke people with words.
• There are no second acts in American lives.
• Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
• No decent career was ever founded on a public.
• Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
• Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
• Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
• Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
• Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.
• Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
• All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
• There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
• Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
• Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
• The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
• A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
• To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

 

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