Fran Lebowitz
Overview
Born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...

, Lebowitz is best known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles....

. Lebowitz is of Jewish descent.

After being expelled from high school and receiving a GED
GED
General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...

, Lebowitz worked many odd jobs before being hired by Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

 as a columnist for Interview
Interview (magazine)
Interview is an American magazine which has the nickname The Crystal Ball Of Pop. It was founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol. The magazine features intimate conversations between some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers...

. This was followed by a stint at Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle (magazine)
Mademoiselle was an influential women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street and Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications....

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Quotations

I doubt there’s ever been a true thing said on Fox News Channel|Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not.

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

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive — you are leaking.

"Manners" (p. 6)

Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Federico Fellini|Fellini makes documentaries.

"A World View" (p. 64)

Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.

"Digital Clocks and Pocket Calculators: Spoilers of Youth" (p. 84)

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.

"Why I Love Sleep" (p. 91)

 
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