I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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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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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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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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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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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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