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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
daughter believe thinking
There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend.
literature want firsts
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
airports hotel-lobby freedom-of-speech
My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
writing tables fame
The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
eras impossible life-is
Life is so absurd now that it is almost impossible to be a satirist in this era.
ideas two together
China is not a great idea: capitalism and a dictator. It's like the two worst possible things you could imagine together. It's a very bad idea.
love fall wake-up
What starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love. What stops it is waking up.
country ideas america
It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.
special advertising realizing
Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.
smart dope unattractive
The truth is that most families have no smart ones and no pretty ones. Most families are a bunch of unattractive dopes. And it turns out that the Bush family, like most families, has no smart ones. I was not surprised to see this.
self-esteem book taught
There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.
addiction rest-of-your-life things-you-love
The thing you love right away, don't do it, because that's the very thing that's going to be your addiction for the rest of your life.
cities beverly-hills los-angeles
Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel.