Fran Lebowitz quotes

The best fame is a writer’s fame. It’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
- Fran Lebowitz

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.”
- Fran Lebowitz

Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
- Fran Lebowitz

he opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Fran Lebowitz

“The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.
- Fran Lebowitz

One of the big mistakes they made in Europe is that the circumstances in which you most frequently read or hear the word "race" or "racism" in Europe applies to Muslims. Which is not a race. It is a religion. You can convert to this. You cannot convert your race. I could become a Muslim. I could not become a Chinese person or a black person. So they constantly use that in Europe.
- Fran Lebowitz

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

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
- Fran Lebowitz

The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Fran Lebowitz

I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
- Fran Lebowitz

Nothing succeeds like address.
- Fran Lebowitz

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.
- Fran Lebowitz

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
- Fran Lebowitz

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
- Fran Lebowitz

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
- Fran Lebowitz

My favorite animal is steak.
- Fran Lebowitz

Reading is better than life. Without reading, you’re stuck with life.”
- 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.
- Fran Lebowitz

A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.
- Fran Lebowitz

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
- Fran Lebowitz