Fran Lebowitz

Journalist

United States

1950 - Present

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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
Fran Lebowitz
Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
Fran Lebowitz
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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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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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
Fran Lebowitz
Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
Fran Lebowitz