Creative Quotations from F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

Creative Quotations from . . .

F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896-1940) born on Sep 24

US author. "His writings and lifestyle epitomized 1920s "Jazz Age" in "The Great Gatsby," 1925."

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it -- three minutes; to collect the data in it -- all my life."

"An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture."

"No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there."

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	""The Author's Apology," Apr 1920, referring to his novel "This Side of Paradise.""
R:	""The Crack-Up," "Notebook M," ed. by Edmund Wilson, 1945."
A:	""The Crack-Up," "Notebook E," ed. by Edmund Wilson, 1945."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	""The Crack-Up," "Notebook E," ed. by Edmund Wilson, 1945."