Prodigies Quote by Larry Wilmore

I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend…

— David Sedaris

Authors often become identified with an item of clothing - Zadie Smith, for instance, is known for her head wraps, and Fran Lebowitz is…

— Torrey Peters

I texted one of the writers I said, 'I have this crazy idea, I think I have to play Fran Lebowitz on Update.' The…

— Bowen Yang

“I´m just not sending out the right vibe lately. Perhaps the fact that I wear stained sweatpants and free T-shirts is holding me back.…

— Suzanne Finnamore

“If Fran Lebowitz and Ian Fleming had blessed the world with a love child it would have been author J. Fields Jr.”

— Edward Medina

I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview.…

— John Waters

Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers…

— Sloane Crosley

You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.

— Larry Wilmore

“It must take a lot of self-discipline,' she said. 'Oh, I don't know. I don't have much.' He felt himself about to say again,…

— John Crowley

There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.

— Alex Turner

E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your…

— Anne Lamott

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have…

— Anne Rivers Siddons