Writing well is the best revenge.
DOROTHY PARKERYears are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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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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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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