If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.

Optimism can keep a fool from accepting failure.

The further you go in writing the more alone you are.

As in no other form of lute or combat, the conditions are such; the winner takes nothing, neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notion of glory, nor if he wins far enough, will he find anything within himself.

Scott Fitzgerald was mortally afraid of lightning.

Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

The time to work is shorter all the time and if you waste it you ... have committed a sin for which there is no forgiveness.