Famous quotes containing the words scott fitzgerald, scott and/or fitzgerald:
“The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Shakespeare—whetting, frustrating, surprising and gratifying.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“There are no second acts in American lives.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)