Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive.
Fran LebowitzCitizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten that all walks of life include conceptual artists, dry cleaners, and living poets.
Fran LebowitzI used to love to write. As a child I used to write all the time. I loved to write up until the second I got my first professional writing job. It turns out it's not that I hate to write. I hate, simply, to work.
Fran LebowitzThe conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
Fran LebowitzAll God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Fran LebowitzA person who actually knows how to wear clothes...they would look good in any clothes. You see this especially at the Academy Awards. Even if the dresses are beautiful and expensive and important, the actresses can't always carry them. Sometimes I feel like saying to them, "Act! You know how to act, you're an actor. You're about to win an award for, I don't know, convincingly playing that Venezuelan nun who went to war. Now act like you can wear this dress.".
Fran Lebowitz