Fran Lebowitz Quotes - Page 8

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• I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Drug, Consciousness, Unnecessary

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 29, 2011

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• When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Book, Writing, Mean

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• 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.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Witty, Nature, Travel

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Aug 07, 2010

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• I'm sure that being sober all these years accounts for my ill humor.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Years, Sober, Ill

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• I used to buy all my shirts at Brooks Brothers, but that was completely ruined about 20 years ago. They discontinued the shirt I liked. If I had only known this - I mean, if you're going to discontinue an item that thousands and thousands of people buy, announce it. Say, 'We will no longer be making our excellent Brooks Brothers cotton shirts that we made for 5,000 years. We're going to change them in some awful way. We're alerting you so you can buy a lifetime supply.' Shirts don't go bad, they're not peaches.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Brother, Mean, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

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  Funny, Cheating, Children

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.52, Vintage

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• 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.

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  Airports, Hotel Lobby, Freedom Of Speech

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.189, Vintage

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• If, while watching the sun set on a used-car lot in Los Angeles, you are struck by the parallels between this image and the inevitable fate of humanity, do not, under any circumstances, write it down.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Writing, Fate, Car

  Fran Lebowitz (1994). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, Vintage

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• No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Dog, Animal, Pet

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Apr 17, 2010

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• Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children are an excellent addition to any party.

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  Children, Party, Interesting

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.54, Vintage

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• It is, in fact, safe to assume that, more often than not, life imitates craft, for who among us can say that our experience does not more closely resemble a macramé plant holder than it does a painting by Seurat. When it comes to art, life is the biggest copycat in the matter of the frame.

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  Art, Doe, Crafts

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.132, Vintage

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• Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Fun, Smoking, Adults

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.292, Vintage

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• If you're going to America, bring your own food.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Travel, Women, Food

  1981 Social Studies,'Fran Lebowitz's Travel Hints'.

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• If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Lying, Book, Writing

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• There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn. You see, advice and lovelorn don't go together. Because advice makes love sound like some sort of cognitive activity, but we know that it isn't. We all know that it's some sort of horrible chemical reaction over which we have absolutely no control. And that's why advice doesn't work.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Advice, Making Love, Together

  Interview with David Savage, www.indexmagazine.com. 1996.

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• Whenever someone accuses someone of being a racist - which is rare, you have to admit, considering how much racism there is - there is an incredible outrage. I realized that we live in an environment that it seems to be worse to call someone a racist than to be one.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Racism, Racist, Environment

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 17, 2011.

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• 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.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Country, America, Ideas

  "The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview with Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

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• ...I believed passionately that Communists were a race of horned men who divided their time equally between the burning of Nancy Drew books and the devising of a plan of nuclear attack that would land the largest and most lethal bomb squarely upon the third-grade class of Thomas Jefferson School in Morristown, New Jersey.

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  War, Book, School

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.43, Vintage

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• I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm lazier than most. [...] The other problem I have is fear of writing. The act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why I think writers assiduously avoid writing. [...] Not writing is more of a psychological problem than a writing problem. All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. [...] It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. Especially when it goes on for years. It's much more relaxing actually to work.

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  Writing, Hard Times, Thinking

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• Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. It makes growing up genuinely worthwhile. I am quite well aware of the hazards of smoking. Smoking is not a healthful pastime, it is true. Smoking is indeed no bracing dip in the ocean, no strenuous series of calisthenics, no two laps around the reservoir. On the other hand, smoking has to its advantage the fact that is a quiet pursuit. Smoking is, in effect a dignified sport.

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  Sports, Growing Up, Fun

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.292, Vintage

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• Maybe it's superficial to exude a sense of confidence in one's clothes. But it's also integral. We have an appearance. Not all of us are beautiful. But we can appear fine looking. So we should. Feeling good about an outfit is the point at which that outfit finally becomes good.

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  Beautiful, Feel Good, Feelings

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Children, Issues

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.51, Vintage

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• When I saw a phone on a plane for the first time, I panicked ... I thought people were going to call me.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Phones, People, Saws

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• I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Extra Work, Wanted, Extras

  Source: mrbellersneighborhood.com

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• Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.

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  Children, Long, Doe

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.103, Vintage

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