If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass. Fran Lebowitz More Quotes by Fran Lebowitz More Quotes From Fran Lebowitz Your grandparents did not endure the indignities of a steerage journey to Ellis Island so that you could stand outside a discothèque and beg a wallpaper designer to take you in with him. Fran Lebowitz grandparentjourneyislands Lifestyle. Not a word at all, really - rather a wordette. A genuine case of more is less. ... the word life and the word style are, except in rare cases (and chances are that you're not of them), mutually exclusive. Fran Lebowitz genuinestylechance Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive. Fran Lebowitz expensivebookpeople There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend. Fran Lebowitz daughterbelievethinking I'm a horrible girlfriend. I always was. I'm great at the beginning, because I can be very romantic. Fran Lebowitz because-i-canvery-romanticgirlfriend The truth is that most families have no smart ones and no pretty ones. Most families are a bunch of unattractive dopes. And it turns out that the Bush family, like most families, has no smart ones. I was not surprised to see this. Fran Lebowitz dopesmartunattractive I am alternately very gregarious - very sociable - and then very solitary. Fran Lebowitz sociablegregarioussolitary It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country. Fran Lebowitz countryamericaideas You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm not playing a game - and you see people. Fran Lebowitz phonesgamespeople I am a New Yorker. I like New York. And I like cities. And it's not my desire to make New York more suburban. I would personally just like to vet each person. Fran Lebowitz citiesnew-yorkdesire I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work. Fran Lebowitz extra-workextraswanted Once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you. Fran Lebowitz like-younaturalpeople When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it." Fran Lebowitz magazineswantwriting In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled. Fran Lebowitz exceptionalculturefacts I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help. Fran Lebowitz kindhelpingcountry Life was certainly more entertaining when people were indulging their vices as opposed to going to meetings to indulge in a new vice: discussing their innermost thoughts in public. Fran Lebowitz indulge-invicespeople There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society. Fran Lebowitz democracytoo-muchculture Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries. Fran Lebowitz romecitiestwo Ever since I was a little child, I refused to see movies of books that I loved. Because you already know what Heidi looks like and she doesn't look like Shirley Temple. Fran Lebowitz bookchildrenlooks I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards. Fran Lebowitz differentintegritythinking
