He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
DOROTHY PARKERMen seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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