Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitzis an American author and public speaker. Lebowitz is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEssayist
Date of Birth27 October 1950
CityMorristown, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational life motivational
Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
country ideas america
It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.
food dinner-guests hot
Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.
literature fame warhol
Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
succeed addresses dignity
Nothing succeeds like address.
new-york car drug
I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?
writing criminals horrible
All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing to actually write.
football play special
Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
funny sarcastic humor
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
children sorry real
People are constantly telling me, whether they are friends who feel sorry for me, because I can't find a place to live, or real estate agents, "You can't afford an apartment the size you need with this many books. Why don't you just put some of your books in storage?" And I always say the same thing: "What if I told you I had four children? Would you say, 'You just can't afford to house four children. Why don't you just put two of them in storage?'" That's how I feel.
new-york thinking rooms
if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.
book mean writing
When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.
believe talking way
I believe in talking behind peoples' backs. That way, they hear it more than once.
book people expensive
Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive.