Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
FRAN LEBOWITZVery few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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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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You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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