Fran Lebowitz

American author and public speaker · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1950 · age 76

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

Busiest day 8 Nov

Read more often than usual, most of all on 8 November.

5.8 times the usual readers on 8 November. 8,280 readers on 8 November, against about 1,425 a day before the rise.

A life in dates

2019New Jersey Hall of FameAward2010“How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.”In their words21 November 2010Reported in Ginai Bellafante, "Opinions You Won’t Find on Twitter: Fran Lebowitz Talks, The New York TimesRead the whole statement

2005“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.”In their wordsSeptember 2005Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005).Read the whole statement

“Most of my news, I get from the radio news stations.”In their wordsSeptember 2005Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005).Read the whole statement

1997“There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn. You see, advice and lovelorn don't go together.”In their wordsIndex Magazine interview with David Savage (1997).Read the whole statement

1981“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.”In their words"People".Read the whole statement

“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”In their words"People".Read the whole statement

1950Born27 October 1950

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Lebowitz (right) with Harold Augenbraum, Wallace Shawn and Deborah Eisenberg during a panel discussion at the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival. Since the 1980s, Lebowitz has largely supported herself with speaking engagements.

Lebowitz at the 2010 Tribeca Festival

In their own words 4

Fran Lebowitz

4 statements, newest first

I doubt there’s ever been a true thing said on Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not.
September 2005 · Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005)., Own words
The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge.
September 2005 · Ruminator Magazine interview with Susannah McNeely (August/September 2005)., Own words
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
10 August 1994 · "Words Are Easy, Books Are Not," interview with Bob Morris, The New York Times (1994-08-10), Late Edition, Section C, page 1, column 1., Own words

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Awards

New Jersey Hall of Fame2019

About this person

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.

Country

United States