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
downfall diets
The downfall of most diets is that they restrict your intake of food.
cute smart mean
I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the same laws as everyone else. It doesn't mean that everyone's as smart or as cute or as lucky as everyone else.
morning food snacks
Raisins are a thing that lasts, they come in small boxes, and you always feel like eating raisins, even at six in the morning. A raisin is always an appropriate snack.
people architecture jew
The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
food wine law
Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.
alcohol drug age
I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19.
lunch rome people
In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch capital of the world.
children nice people
Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.
paris matter remember
remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.
gregarious solitary sociable
I am alternately very gregarious - very sociable - and then very solitary.
friends kindness thinking
It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality trait in a friend is kindness or a sense of humor. No, in a friend a good personality trait is a Gulfstream.
friends responsibility thinking
for someone such as myself, who is kind of feckless and immature, it's better to have rich friends than to be rich yourself, because then you have wealth without the responsibility. You get to go to their houses, and you get acquainted with a level of furniture that you cannot provide for yourself. Furniture, I think is the most important attribute of rich people.
real japan numbers
Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.
food cake white
White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.