More quotes by Dorothy Parker

"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."
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."
"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it."
"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]"