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FRAN LEBOWITZ Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not po...
FRAN LEBOWITZ I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, w...
FRAN LEBOWITZ Sleep is death without the responsibility.
FRAN LEBOWITZ There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn.
FRAN LEBOWITZ I don't see her crying much. But that was one thing she cried about, that she might not be able to p...
FRAN PEREZ It's not so much like we're helping her. She's not an invalid. She's very strong, God bless her.
FRAN PEREZ I often used to say, the more parties there were for a book, the worse the book was.
FRAN LEBOWITZ A salad is not a meal. It is a style.
FRAN LEBOWITZ Nothing succeeds like address
FRAN LEBOWITZ If you can stay in love for more than two years, you're on something
FRAN LEBOWITZ Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world ...
FRAN LEBOWITZ London - A place you go to get bronchitis
FRAN LEBOWITZ To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who want...
FRAN LEBOWITZ Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however...
FRAN LEBOWITZ Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
FRAN LEBOWITZ The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to...
FRAN LEBOWITZ