Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERBut I don’t give up; I forget why not.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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 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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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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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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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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