Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
DOROTHY PARKERSaid after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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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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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
DOROTHY PARKER







