I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a little child, I refused to see movies of books that I loved. Because you already know what… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Until I was about 7, I thought books were just there, like trees. When I learned that people actually wrote them, I… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
People are constantly telling me, whether they are friends who feel sorry for me, because I can't find a place to live,… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
...I believed passionately that Communists were a race of horned men who divided their time equally between the burning of Nancy Drew… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
“lack, or loutish and crass kollective is a program dedicated to the proposition that vulgarity and bad taste are an inalienable right. the lackies,… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
The first time I ever saw platform shoes in the '70s, I knew they'd been revived from the '40s, and I felt sickened. And… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
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… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid it wouldn't… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share
