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
writing use pages
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in a word. When I write, I read everything out loud to get the right rhythm.
ideas world embarrassment
There is one thing that has disappeared, not just from the U.S. but from the entire world, is the idea of ever being embarrassed by anything.
people like-you natural
Once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you.
book taken mean
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.
believe cashmere i-believe
I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.
relationship children rain
Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
boys young type
When I was young, boys didn't type.
book school writing
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
character people literature
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
sex children humorous
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
style crowds looks
Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
talking literature attractive
The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
funny suicide nature
If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
typewriters machines
I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines.