Fran Lebowitz Quotations

Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.

London: A place you go to get bronchitis.

When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,' that's the key. Very helpful.

If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?

You should make it hard on yourself to write so you’re easier to read.

No one earns $100 million. You steal $100 million.

The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years.

To me, O'Hara is the real Fitzgerald.

By the time everyone catches up with you, you're bored.

There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.