I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERWriting well is the best revenge.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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It was written without fear and without research.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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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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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
DOROTHY PARKER