“I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I've never read a good tough quotable female humorist, and I never was one myself. I couldn't do it. A "smartcracker" they called me, and that makes me sick and unhappy. There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
Quote by Dorothy Parker
Author
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker, an American poet, playwright, and critic, was born on August 22, 1893, and died on June 7, 1967. Known for her wit, satire, and humor, she is a prominent figure in 20th-century American literature. more
You May Also Like
“When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.”
Source: Outsider in the White House
Source: The Sport of the Gods
“A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.”
Source: Memoires of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq