"I hate writing, I love having written."
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Dorothy Parker
26 quotes
Quotes by Dorothy Parker
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"
"Don't look at me in that tone of voice."
"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words."[Interview, The Paris Review, Summer 1956]"
"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone."
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay me back one day."
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"
"Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."
"And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word."
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."
"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."
"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."
"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it."
"The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back."
"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"