Status Updates From A Short Autobiography

“The wise writer, I think, writes for the youth of his own generation, the critic of the next and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.”

I’d never thought of it that way, but that’s exactly what you did, Fitzgerald 👏🏼 I wonder what you would say now if you could see how it all went

God, Fitzgerald is such a hoot.

includes an “autobiography” in which fitzgerald lists his fav alcohols drunk each year from 1914-1929. Essays all entertaining but somehow slippery-surfaced — flippant and fun in a way that makes clear he doesn’t look at himself very critically. Which I guess makes sense given that his entire first novel is about a “romantic egotist” (himself) who totally gets away with Big Ego intact

And so I ooze gently into middle age; for the true middle age is not the acquirement of years, but the acquirement of a family. The incomes of the childless have wonderful elasticity. Two people require a room and a bath; couple with child requires the millionaires suite on the sunny side of the hotel.

The wise writer, I think, writes for the youth of his own generation, the critic of the neck and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.