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Fran Lebowitz

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American author and public speaker (b. 1950)

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Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor.

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Fran Lebowitz
said · Nov 21, 2010
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How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.

Reported in Ginai Bellafante, "Opinions You Won’t Find on Twitter: Fran Lebowitz Talks, The New York Times (November 21, 2010).

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Fran Lebowitz
said · Sep 2005
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Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to be a thing that has not gotten through to them.

Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005).

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Fran Lebowitz
said · Sep 2005
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I doubt there’s ever been a true thing said on Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not.

Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005).

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2019New Jersey Hall of Fame

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About this person

Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Born 1950 · age 75
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