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
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I love being in love. I don't think anything compares with it, though I consider it very disruptive.
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I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress.
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Knowingness is sexy. The opposite of sexy is naivete.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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If you're going to America, bring your own food.
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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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. . .to me the outdoors is what you have to pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.
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Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not a just cause for book publication
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Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in moods, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement mixer long after one's interest in the topic has waned
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I often used to say, the more parties there were for a book, the worse the book was.