579 Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

I’m such a slow writer I have no need for anything as fast as a word processor. I don’t need anything so snappy. I write so slowly that I could write in my own blood without hurting myself.

Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn’t have all these books. It’s too expensive.

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.

I am a New Yorker. I like New York. And I like cities. And it’s not my desire to make New York more suburban. I would personally just like to vet each person.

Tolerance is really a better thing than understanding. Because it doesn’t agitate against human nature.

I’m not a nervous person. I’m not afraid to be on TV. I’m only afraid when I write. When I’m at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.

Writing is so hard. Why would you be a writer if you weren’t really good at it? If you could be anything else, why would you be a writer?

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.

The good thing about being in someone else’s apartment is it’s so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.