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
people
I just can't smile at people for money.
book writing people
It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.
school people catholic
It would also have been helpful to have gone to a Catholic grammar school. The only people who know grammar are those people who went to Catholic grammar school. Those nuns beat it into them.
eras impossible life-is
Life is so absurd now that it is almost impossible to be a satirist in this era.
children president england
No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.
children book looks
Ever since I was a little child, I refused to see movies of books that I loved. Because you already know what Heidi looks like and she doesn't look like Shirley Temple.
bitterness nasty achieve
You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.
sleep people demand
Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram.
smart dope unattractive
The truth is that most families have no smart ones and no pretty ones. Most families are a bunch of unattractive dopes. And it turns out that the Bush family, like most families, has no smart ones. I was not surprised to see this.
book literature prudent
Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.
food apples dinner
Civilised adults do not take apple juice with dinner.
inspirational funny witty
Polite conversation is rarely either.
ideas people human-nature
This idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature.
venice ifs
If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.