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Fran Lebowitz is an American author known for her humorous and satirical writing style. Her works cover a variety of topics, including urban life, cultural commentary, and women's experiences. Born on October 27, 1950, Lebowitz's works include 'Social Studies' and 'City Life', among others.

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“I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse. It's like the impulse for wanting a dog.”

Want Dog Impulse Edits Register Good Writers

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“While clothes with pictures and/or writing on them are not entirely an invention of the modern age, they are an unpleasant indication of the general state of things. ... I mean, be realistic. If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?”

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Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.”

Want Used Five Minutes Five Minutes

Book:Metropolitan Life/Social Studies

Source: Metropolitan Life/Social Studies

“there are two kinds of music - good music and bad music. Good music is music that I want to hear. Bad music is music that I don't want to hear.”

Want Kind Two Music Is Bad Music

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.”

People Want Feels Children Poor Rich Nice Adults Rich People Rich And Poor Being Rich Do Whatever You Want

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.”

Ifs World Want Book This World Lawyer Get Ahead

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Anti-smoking sentiment has replaced middle-class morality entirely. The smoker has taken the place of the homosexual. Today you hear people say things about smokers that used to be said about homosexuals - they pollute the environment; you don't want them around your children.”

People Want Children Said Today Used Class Taken Environment Middle Morality Our Children Used To Be Your Children Smoking Middle Class Sentiments Replaced Homosexual Smokers

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“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.”

Want Writing Persons Hard Known Harder Hard Times Brag

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why most people are more hesitant to do print, because they can change it, and they do change it. They even change things that are in quotation marks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I've said to numerous reporters, "Would you read me back my direct quotes?" And they always say no. They always say that's against the policy.”

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Author:Fran Lebowitz

“When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.”

People Want Kids Wanted Young Stars Interesting Generations Rocks Exciting Entertainment Rock And Roll Rock Star My Generation

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“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."”

Want Writing Wells Bigs Offers Magazines Publishing Edits

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?”

Want Car New York Drug Cab

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!”

Want Home Would Be New York Fantastic Tourists

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“When I was young, I liked romance. But to me, romance is the opposite of domestic life. I just don't want anyone in the apartment, not for longer than a few hours.”

Want Romance Young Hours Opposites Apartment Domestic Life

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.”

“To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.”

Want Nature Land Type Travel Witty Hotel

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.”

Want Firsts Literature Hotel Clothings Hospitality Valet

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.”

Want Writing Mean Said Book

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“My favorite way to wake up is to have a certain French movie star whisper to me softly at two-thirty in the afternoon that if I want to get to Sweden in time to pick up my Nobel Prize for Literature, I had better ring for breakfast. This occurs rather less often than one might wish.”

Ifs Way Want Two Might Certain Literature Wish Stars Picks Wake Up My Favorite Rings Thirty Prize Breakfast Afternoon Movie Star Nobel Nobel Prize Sweden French Movies

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?”

People Ifs Thinking Want Make You Think Sweaters

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“In New York, people are very overbooked.You say, When do you want to have dinner? It's May. They say, What about October? And then they complain: Oh you can't believe how booked up I am.”

People Want Believe May New York Dinner Complaining October

Author:Fran Lebowitz

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Born: October 27, 1950
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