Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERVice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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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 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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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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