If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who live in New York, as opposed to people visiting New York. And then all this junk in the theater, we would no longer need the kind of stuff that tourists like.
Fran LebowitzOne [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had the money.
Fran LebowitzRomantic 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.
Fran Lebowitzif you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.
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