The following quotes are by or about F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Action is character.
Matthew J. Bruccoli. Fitzgerald included this observation in the working notes for his novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon. He was implementing the idea in his development of producer Monroe Stahr, whose artistic integrity and talent for the movie business are conveyed through what he does. The greatest grow out of these periods as the tall heads of the crop. The men who locked their wives out in the snow, because the snow of twenty-nine wasn't real snow.