Fran Lebowitz

Naissance 1950

Originaire de Morristown, New Jersey, United States · Nationalité : United States · Écrit des essais et documents

Citations

“I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don’t know won’t hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
Metropolitan Life, p. 91En anglais
“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.”
Social StudiesEn anglais
“Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk.”
Metropolitan Life, p. 221En anglais
“Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.”
Metropolitan Life, p. 101En anglais
“The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.”
Social StudiesEn anglais

Les livres de Fran Lebowitz dans l'ordre de parution, de Metropolitan Life (1975) à Un día cualquiera en Nueva York (2022).