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

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Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow.

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try...

How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try...

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

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

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...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink...

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink...

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings,...

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings,...