Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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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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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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It was written without fear and without research.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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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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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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