Character Quotes by Dorothy Parker

There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.…

— Dorothy Parker

Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.

— Dorothy Parker

Hollywood is the one place on earth where you could die of encouragement.

— Dorothy Parker

“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.”

— Dorothy Parker

Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.

— Dorothy Parker

I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.

— Dorothy Parker

Now to me, Edith looks like something that would eat her young.

— Dorothy Parker

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

— Dorothy Parker

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

— Dorothy Parker

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

— Dorothy Parker

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I…

— Dorothy Parker

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

— Dorothy Parker