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People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
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