Quotes for All
I’m not a Communist. I’m an American. I’m a capitalist. I mean, I’m not a very good capitalist, myself. I’m not very good at it, but it’s not that I’m not for capitalism. But people who believe in things like corporate citizenship, it’s idiotic. I mean, it shows you’re an idiot. Fran Lebowitz
Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I’ve ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It’s very psychically wearing not to write – I mean if you’re supposed to be writing. Fran Lebowitz
In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here. Fran Lebowitz
I just write when fear overtakes me. Fran Lebowitz
All of television’s appalling, but this is hardly a new statement. Fran Lebowitz
Even if people aren’t Republicans, it doesn’t seem shocking to them that Ronald Reagan was the president. Well of course, because Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor! This is not only a bar too low, this is no bar at all. I don’t care who you are, you know 20 people smarter than Ronald Reagan. You … Read more
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire. Fran Lebowitz
I love being in love. I don’t think anything compares with it, though I consider it very disruptive. Fran Lebowitz
No one’s supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it’s not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait. Fran Lebowitz
Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. Fran Lebowitz