Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Interview, The Paris Review (Summer 1956)
“I have the death sentence in seven genres.”
— Jasper Fforde, book The Well of Lost Plots
Source: The Well of Lost Plots
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