Fran Lebowitz

"The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive."

Top Fran Lebowitz Quotes

"Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep."

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."

"Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."

"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you."

"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."

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