579 Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

Food is definitely important part of your balanced diet.

Once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you.

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.

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with Let's Make a Deal.

I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book.

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

Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends of our time is the occupation of buildings accompanied by the taking of hostages. The perpetrators of these deeds are generally motivated by political grievance, social injustice, and the deeply felt desire to see how they look on TV.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.

I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.