Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

—Fran Lebowitz

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About Fran Lebowitz

Portrait of Fran Lebowitz

Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American writer, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life, particularly from a New York City perspective, and for her association with prominent figures in the city's art and cultural scenes...

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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

—Fran Lebowitz

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

—Fran Lebowitz

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.

—Fran Lebowitz

Romantic 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.

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Nature is by and large to be found out-of-doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

—Fran Lebowitz

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I am happy now that Charles calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England.

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