F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 September 1896
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes about
I don't much care where I am anymore, nor expect very much from places.
Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance.
Englishmen must have an island.
Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.
I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
It's Never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be.
The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.
The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind
Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.