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Famous Dorothy Parker Quotes
“Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.”
“[Requesting her epitaph to read this way:] Excuse my dust.”
“[On Dashiell Hammett:] ... he is so hard-boiled you could roll him on the White House lawn.”
“And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.”
“[On hearing that President Coolidge was dead:] How can you tell?”
“Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books.”
“ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.”
“[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom?”
“What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.”
“[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.”
“I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.”
“[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?”
“Hollywood is one place in the world where you can die of encouragement.”
“It was written without fear and without research.”
“And where does she find them?”
“My first love was Cinderella, but she ran off with another man.”
“Newton's Fourth Law: Every action has an equal and opposite satisfaction.”