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
art old-things culture
Now the culture is made of old things, it's a collage. Art made out of art is not art. You're supposed to make art out of life.
funny cheating children
Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
literature want firsts
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
inspirational humility personality
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
food cutting vegetables
Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
cereal color breakfast
Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.
stars growing-up children
Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
hate writing way
I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.
good-things easier apartment
The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.
easter food vegetables
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.
sleep responsibility
Sleep is death without the responsibility.
running phones looks
If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable to say, 'Look, I've got to run but let's have dinner sometime soon.'
girl rich waitress
I drove a cab. But all the girls I knew when I was young who had to work - there were rich girls - but the ones who had to work were waitresses. Because you could always get shifts in a restaurant.
travel women food
If you're going to America, bring your own food.