I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
DOROTHY PARKERA liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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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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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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