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When I was young, boys didn't type.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Humorist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
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When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid it wouldn't crash. I was just afraid it was going to circle O'Hare for the rest of my life.
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The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
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In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here.
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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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I just write when fear overtakes me.
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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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I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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If there had been a job of being a reader, I would have taken that, because I love to read and I don't love to write. That would be blissful.
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I never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning.
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Japanese food is very pretty and undoubtedly a suitable cuisine in Japan, which is largely populated by people of below average size. Hostesses hell-bent on serving such food to occidentals would be well advised to supplement it with something more substantial and to keep in mind that almost everybody likes french fries.
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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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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.
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I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.
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Whenever someone accuses someone of being a racist - which is rare, you have to admit, considering how much racism there is - there is an incredible outrage. I realized that we live in an environment that it seems to be worse to call someone a racist than to be one.
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I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.
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