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

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

Dorothy Parker
Art, Writing, Kick Ass

It was written without fear and without research.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Research, Entertainment
Dorothy Parker, Stuart Y. Silverstein (2009). “Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Believe, Hollywood
Dorothy Parker (2004). “Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle, And rest's for a clam in a shell, So I'm thinking of throwing the battle - Would you kindly direct me to hell?

Dorothy Parker
Art, Humorous, Struggle
Dorothy Parker (1936). “Collected poems: Not so deep as a well”

Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Emotional, Catharsis

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Two, Australia
Quoted in John Keats, You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker (1970)

Travel, trouble, music, art, a kiss, a frock, a rhyme -- I never said they feed my heart, but still they pass my time.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Kissing, Trouble
Dorothy Parker (1936). “Not So Deep as a Well”, Macmillan Company of Canada

They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Nice, Thinking
Dorothy Parker (1936). “Not So Deep as a Well”, Macmillan Company of Canada

Art is a form of catharsis.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Catharsis, Form
Dorothy Parker (1944). “Dorothy Parker”

We were all imitative. We all wandered in after Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay. We were all being dashing and gallant, declaring we weren't virgins, whether we were or not.

Dorothy Parker
Art, Missing, Entertainment

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