I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERThis is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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 only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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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 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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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