[On being told party guests were ducking for apples:] There, but for a typographical error, is the story of my life.
Dorothy ParkerIf you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.
Dorothy ParkerGo to the Martin Beck Theatre and watch Katherine Hepburn run the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Dorothy ParkerGod, the bitter misery that reading works into this world! Everybody knows that - everbody who IS everybody. All the best minds have been off reading for years. Look at the swing La Rouchefoucauld took at it. He said that if nobody had ever learned to read, very few people would be in love. Good for you, La Rouchefoucauld; nice going, boy. I wish I’d never learned to read.
Dorothy Parker