Dorothy Parker

"I hate writing, I love having written."

"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]"

"Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."

"The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back."

"Don't look at me in that tone of voice."

"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."