Parker quotes

"Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair."

When asked to come up with a sentence with the word "horticulture" in it: "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

"I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid."

In a book review: "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

On a film star: "She delivered a performance that ran the gamut of emotions from A to B."

"Time doth flit; oh shit."

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."

"That woman speaks 18 languages and can't say 'No' in any of them."

"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."

"This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it."