If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.

Quote by Dorothy Parker

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The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

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,...

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...

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

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...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Work is the province of cattle.

Work is the province of cattle.

Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

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

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

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.