“Of course, there are many things to be said for the afternoon performance, chief among them being that it cuts in so generously on one's work.”

— Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923 (2014), p. 201

About Dorothy Parker

American poet, critic and satirist, known for sharp wit and for the verse collection 'Enough Rope' (1926).

“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”

“Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.”

“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me.”

“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”

“He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.”

“Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.”

“The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.”

“We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.”

“I still believe that when people really make the effort to understand each other, the possibilities are limitless.”