America Quote by Irwin Shaw

I'm a long time [Scott] Fitzgerald fan, as probably everyone in America is. And I've always been fascinated by that theme of, what is…

— Matt Bomer

For me, Fitzgerald was one of the great American writers of the last century; a wordsmith, a storyteller, a perfectionist.

— Robert Littell

“Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness. —F. Scott Fitzgerald”

— Therese Anne Fowler

We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you see a…

— James Dickey

F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.

— Mason Cooley

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive…

— Gloria Swanson

I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson,…

— Jimmy Scott

“I want to write something new - something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned. As usual, F. Scott Fitzgerald”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The Great Gatsby…

— L.P. Hartley

The most famous living artist in America is Andy Warhol, unfortunately.

— John Heilpern

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.

— Shirley Jones

Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.

— Jerry Saltz