579 Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires – smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge – are basically solitary pursuits.

China is not a great idea: capitalism and a dictator. It’s like the two worst possible things you could imagine together. It’s a very bad idea.

Even when America is not working that well, it still works better than other places. F.

When I was young, boys didn’t type.

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn’t want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people’s lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn’t a compliment – it’s a second opinion.

I’m like the laziest person who ever lived. It’s amazing to me I even sit up.

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.

Television turned out to be exactly as bad as the most irritating and pedantic intellectuals of the ’50s said it was going to be.