[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 More Quotes by Fran Lebowitz More Quotes From Fran Lebowitz Because of the Internet everybody sees the same stuff. You can buy the clothes of New York, even if you're not living there. So I think that the accessibility, in this case, drives buying choices more than anything else. Fran Lebowitz internet choices thinking 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 I do. American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means. Fran Lebowitz mean people thinking I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines. Fran Lebowitz machines typewriters I never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning. Fran Lebowitz midnight writing morning The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out. Fran Lebowitz apartment easier good-things When I was young, boys didn't type. Fran Lebowitz type young boys I have the exact opposite problem of every writer I've ever met: Every writer I've ever met writes things that are too long, and they have to edit them down. Fran Lebowitz opposites writing long We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating. Fran Lebowitz smart dumb opportunity I hate money. It is boring and it is arithmetic. The two things I hate the most. Fran Lebowitz boring hate two No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait. Fran Lebowitz england president children Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints. Fran Lebowitz hair long people I hate all jobs. I've never had a job I liked. Fran Lebowitz i-hate hate jobs I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car? Fran Lebowitz car drug new-york I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm lazier than most. I don't want to brag, but I'm the laziest person I have ever known. Fran Lebowitz hard-times want writing There were a zillion bad jobs. That doesn't exist any more. I mean, I could wake up one afternoon with zero money and know that by the end of the day, I would have money. Fran Lebowitz zero jobs mean New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York - and by New York, I mean Manhattan. Brooklyn was the borough of grandparents. We didn't live well. We lived in these horrible places. But you could live in New York. And you didn't have to think about money every second. Fran Lebowitz new-york mean thinking No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest. Fran Lebowitz areas interest All of television's appalling, but this is hardly a new statement. Fran Lebowitz statements television Forcing people into a situation where they're supposed to adore each other is probably bad. But letting people get on and off the 6 train without stabbing each other, that's good. Fran Lebowitz stabbing adore people For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies. Fran Lebowitz reviews columns writing
