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

Quote by Dorothy Parker

Topics: Writers Quotes

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

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

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people...

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people...

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the...

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there...

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant,...

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant,...

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that...

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that...

Home hard to know what it is if youve never had one Home I cant...

Home hard to know what it is if youve never had one Home I cant...

Nor need we power or splendour, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true,...

Nor need we power or splendour, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true,...