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Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.

Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.

Fran Lebowitz

Children, Needs, Pay

Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.217, Vintage

I just write when fear overtakes me.

Fran Lebowitz

Writing

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Fran Lebowitz

Book, Writing, School

FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Sep 17, 2011

modern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem and ... it is generally practiced by those who lack a flair for conversation.

Fran Lebowitz

Science, Answers, Problem

Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.95, Vintage

The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.

Fran Lebowitz

Want, Used, Minutes

Fran Lebowitz (2003). “Metropolitan Life/Social Studies”, Steidl / Edition7L

Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!

Fran Lebowitz

New York, Home, Tourists

"The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview With Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.

Fran Lebowitz

Government, Interesting, Democracy

Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.188, Vintage

There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem to think there is some connection between talking and writing, but I love to talk and if there were some connection between the two of them I would be the most prolific writer in the history of the world.

Fran Lebowitz

Writing, Thinking, Talking

You don't have to lay an egg to know if it tastes good.

Fran Lebowitz

Eggs, Criticism, Taste

"Pauline Kael Slams Anti-Feminist Critics in Glorious Vintage Radio Broadcast" by Sam Adams, www.indiewire.com. November 24, 2015.

What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.

Fran Lebowitz

People, Upset, Domestic Life

"The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview with Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.

Fran Lebowitz

Children, Political Opinions, Knows

Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.220, Vintage

Tourism as a number-one industry is a terrible, terrible idea for any city, especially New York. If you were going to turn a city, which is a place where people live, into a tourist attraction, you're going to have to make it a place that people who don't live here, like. So I object to living in a place for people who don't live here.

Fran Lebowitz

New York, Cities, Ideas

"Fran Lebowitz to Tourists: 'Stay Home'" by David Hershkovits, www.papermag.com. September 17, 2014.

I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit."

Fran Lebowitz

New York, Cities, Immigration

"The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview with Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.