Quotes by Parker, Dorothy

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wr >>

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. >>

It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes. >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is >>

Writing is not a profession, but a vocation of unhappiness. >>

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, >>

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.

Parker, Dorothy