One [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends of our time is the occupation of buildings accompanied by the taking of hostages. The… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed… — 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
When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,'… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
What do they do in these [private] clubs, anyway? Sit around saying things like 'Thank God I'm here. No Jews! What fun!… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
You know, almost everyone is an irritant to me. I think people have forgotten what the word 'public' means. 'Public' means you're… — 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
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