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Dorothy Parker

1893-1967 ,  American writer, poet, satirist, critic
Dorothy ParkerAmerican short story writer, poet, critic and satirist. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships, she became a member of the famous Algonquin Round Table.
Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the Hollywood blacklist.

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Quotations

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

Ducking for apples -change one letter and it's the story of my life.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.

All those writers who write about their own childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with me.

Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.

I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

But I don't give up; I forget why not.

Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

I hate writing, I love having written.

I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.

Quotes in Verse

Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give, Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.


You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.


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

Funny Quotes

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.


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