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if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.

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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There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society.
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When I was young, boys didn't type.
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My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.
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You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm not playing a game - and you see people.
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It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.
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