Dorothy Parker (1893-1967).

Here are a few famous quotes:

On learning that Calvin Coolidge was dead she remarked, "How could they tell?"

"Are you Dorothy Parker?" a guest at a party inquired. "Yes, do you mind?"

"I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under my host!"

In a 1933 review of the play "The Lake" starring Katherine Hepburn:"Miss Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions from A to B"

A book review: "He is beyond question a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex so thoroughly, graphically and aggressively unattractive that one is fairly shaken to ponder how little one has been missing."

Mrs Parker wrote several beautiful poems, short stories and as seen above, reviews. What I find I can relate most to in her life, apart from the fact that she loved dogs, is that she constantly thought of suicide. Like in that little poem I quoted earlier, she eventually decided to go on living, disillusioned and disappointed in her life. I suppose that was partly because she became successful so early in life. What else could she look forward to?

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