Principled quipper …

… Dorothy Parker Was A Quip Queen — And NAACP Ally – The Forward. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

… Parker’s act surprised her friends, especially her estate’s executor, playwright Lillian Hellman. Hellman was unimpressed with Martin Luther King Jr, considering him arrogant, and she contested the will, spending years complicating access to Parker’s work and royalties.

Another reason to dislike Hellman.