To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.

Fran Lebowitz


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I am not the type of person who wants to go back to the land I am the type who wants to got back to the hotel.

Fran Lebowitz


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All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing to actually write.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: writing writers



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There is one thing that has disappeared, not just from the U.S. but from the entire world, is the idea of ever being embarrassed by anything.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: world society united-states embarrassment embarrassed



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The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one’s soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive – you are leaking.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: humor observational-comedy



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To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: outdoors



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It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.

Fran Lebowitz


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I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.

Fran Lebowitz


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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: talk



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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

Fran Lebowitz

Tags: new-york-city



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