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“The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do.”

Quote by Fran Lebowitz

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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. more

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“Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries.”

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Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.”

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Author:Fran Lebowitz

“I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response.”

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Author:Fran Lebowitz

“I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am afraid of writing and then I'm afraid of not writing.”

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Author:Fran Lebowitz

“I'm such a slow writer I have no need for anything as fast as a word processor. I don't need anything so snappy. I write so slowly that I could write in my own blood without hurting myself.”

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Author:Fran Lebowitz

“I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways.”

Way Writing Looks Different Thousand Sentences Different Ways

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it and get everyone's attention right away and make their displeasure known, I believe the level of actual violence in the world would just disappear to practically nothing.”

People Ifs World Believe Persons War Would Be I Believe Levels Attention Known Violence Disappear Bangs No War Displeasure Gavel

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“There's nothing like being old to be sure of everything.”

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“That which we call civilization is merely the accumulated debris of a chilling number of bad nights.”

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Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors.”