Whenever any of these new writers come up who are brilliant, I always realize that you have more talent and more skill than any of them;---but circumstances have prevented you from realizing upon the fact for a long time. [About F. Scott Fitzgerald]

Maxwell Perkins
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Instead of constantly reading the work of the new generation of writers, Fitzgerald was more focused on encouraging Hemingway to write his own great works. There is no denying that Hemingway is just as talented, but he was never able to realize his full potential. Fitzgerald constantly encouraged Hemingway to keep writing his stories and stories, which would eventually become some of literature’s most famous works.

Source: Dear Scott/Dear Max: The Fitzgeraldperkins Correspondence

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