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 motivational happiness
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
teenage flower color
Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers.
inspirational children issues
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
witty travel nature
To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
wonder young ifs
What's the point of being young if you're not going to make new things, I wonder?
mean people care
If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do.
baby husband careers
Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote yourself to it.
funny travel iraq
Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
children blue sky
Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" "Why haven't you called?" and "Who's your lawyer?"
new-york care tourism
I don't care if New York avoided bankruptcy by substituting tourism for the garment business.
funny life happiness
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
dance hustle literature
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
drinking humorous memorable
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
heart
I've always been old at heart.