Quotes from book
Metropolitan Life

Name: Metropolitan Life
Author: Fran Lebowitz

Metropolitan Life is a 1978 bestselling collection of comedic essays and the debut book by writer Fran Lebowitz.The book was released in a 1994 compilation entitled The Fran Lebowitz Reader along with Lebowitz's other bestseller Social Studies.

“Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"Food for Thought and Vice Versa" (p. 109).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“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.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"No News is Preferable" ( p. 221 http://books.google.com/books?id=wKnCCIk9O0wC&q=%22Radio+news+is+bearable+This+is+due+to+the+fact+that+while+the+news+is+being+broadcast+the+disc+jockey+is+not+allowed+to+talk%22&pg=PA221#v=onepage) <br class="br">Originally published in "The Lebowitz Report" http://books.google.com/books?id=k_MxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Radio+news+is+bearable+This+is+due+to+the+fact+that+while+the+news+is+being+broadcast+the+disc+jockey+is+not+allowed+to+talk%22&pg=PA209#v=onepage column in Mademoiselle (1975) <br class="br">Metropolitan Life (1978)

“If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“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.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"Why I Love Sleep" (p. 91).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

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

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"A World View" (p. 64).
Metropolitan Life (1978)

“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.”

Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life

"Letters" (p. 144).
Metropolitan Life (1978)