What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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About This Quote

This speech by Mark Twain was written in 1899. He was thirty-four years old at the time. He was already famous for his writings, but this quote explains what he was doing with his life while he was still growing up. His words were meant to make fun of the men who had become presidents of the United States, yet Twain himself wanted to follow in their footsteps.

After he said that he was going to write, he followed up by saying that he wasn't going to take up drinking. "Greenwich Village" is a New York City neighborhood that has been called "America's most literary neighborhood." The area boasts writers, artists, musicians, and other creative people who live there.

Source: This Side Of Paradise

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