People always say "pop culture." As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater? — 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
When I saw a phone on a plane for the first time, I panicked ... I thought people were going to call me. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut?? — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
People care more about trends now than they do about style. They get so wrapped up in what's happening that they forget… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Life was certainly more entertaining when people were indulging their vices as opposed to going to meetings to indulge in a new… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my… — 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
What people don't know is: Clothes don't really fit you unless they're made for you. Especially when you wear men's clothes, like… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Even if people aren't Republicans, it doesn't seem shocking to them that Ronald Reagan was the president. Well of course, because Arnold… — 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
It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others… People who have good… — 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
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
I'm not a Communist. I'm an American. I'm a capitalist. I mean, I'm not a very good capitalist, myself. I'm not very… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
While clothes with pictures and/or writing on them are not entirely an invention of the modern age, they are an unpleasant indication… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Communism requires of its adherents that they arise early and participate in a strenuous round of calisthenics. To someone who wishes that… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
While it is undeniably true that people love a surprise, it is equally true that they are seldom pleased to suddenly and… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But… — 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
Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Forcing people into a situation where they're supposed to adore each other is probably bad. But letting people get on and off… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
In New York, people are very overbooked.You say, When do you want to have dinner? It's May. They say, What about October?… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Anti-smoking sentiment has replaced middle-class morality entirely. The smoker has taken the place of the homosexual. Today you hear people say things… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock… — 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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