| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 22356 |
| QUOTATION: | The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), U.S. author. Letter, June 1, 1934, to Ernest Hemingway. The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, ed. Andrew Turnbull (1963). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Fitzgerald Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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