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?
DOROTHY PARKERThe definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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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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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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