If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
DOROTHY PARKERI know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Women and elephants never forget.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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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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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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