Famous quotes containing the words donne and/or wrote:
“No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace,
As I have seen in one autumnal face.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)