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Famous Fran Lebowitz Quotes
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.”
“I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.”
“If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.”
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?”
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“What's the point of being young if you're not going to make new things, I wonder?”
“The only appropriate response to the question, 'Can I be frank?' is, 'Yes, if I can be Barbara.”
