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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.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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