Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
DOROTHY PARKERI’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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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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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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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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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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