And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on hi... - Dorothy Parker
"And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word."
More quotes by Dorothy Parker
"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]"
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"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."