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

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Humorist
Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
Cashmere
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative. For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.
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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.
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The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.
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All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.
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The thing you love right away, don't do it, because that's the very thing that's going to be your addiction for the rest of your life.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways.
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I used to love to write. As a child I used to write all the time. I loved to write up until the second I got my first professional writing job. It turns out it's not that I hate to write. I hate, simply, to work.
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Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
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What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.
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A salad is not a meal, it is a style.
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I just write when fear overtakes me.
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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
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A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa.
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Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.
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Knowingness is sexy. The opposite of sexy is naivete.
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We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.
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If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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