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This tip quelled my anxiety instantly, although not permanently.
Fran Lebowitz is a writer who hasnt published a book in nearly 30 years.
Relish them, and then watch the docuseries again.
When Fran Lebowitz gets hysterical about the chandelier inThe Phantom of the Opera.
In the first episode ofPretend Its a City, Lebowitz walks around the theater district.
I was hysterical, she says.
When Fran Lebowitz complains about Times Square.
Times Square is on 42nd street.
When Fran Lebowitz admits she never worked on Wednesdays, because Wednesday was the day theVillage Voicecame out.
Scorsese, once again, laughs and laughs and laughs while Lebowitz waxes nostalgic.
When Fran Lebowitz remembers yelling at a writer who blurbed a bad book.
It was a horrible book, she says.
She couldnt even finish it.
When Fran Lebowitz tells Spike Lee she hates sports.
When Fran Lebowitz admits that she loves parties.
Fran Lebowitz hates most people, that weve established.
The way she talks about it just makes me yearn for the day I can hate parties again.
When Fran Lebowitz asks an employee at the Strand kiosk in Times Square if anyone buys books there.
Fran Lebowitz loves books and misses the time when independent, niche bookstores were rampant in New York City.
Its not fair to the books.
When Fran Lebowitz declares that writers who love writing are horrible writers.
I completely understand why Fran Lebowitz has not completed a book since the 90s.
Once I own amultimillion-dollar apartmentin Chelsea, I wont write anymore, either.
When Fran Lebowitz correctly rejects the concept of guilty pleasures.
Lebowitz hates the concept of guilty pleasures.
When Fran Lebowitz recalls the time Leonardo DiCaprio gave her an electronic cigarette.
He said that he flew commercial with one and was told it is not allowed.
Lebowitz is just as shocked at the image of Leonardo DiCaprio flying commercial as you are.
When Fran Lebowitz discusses the Kardashians and the internet.
For example, she knows who the Kardashians are, and that they are connected to the internet.
And thats the extent of that.
Just … look at this shot of Fran Lebowitz waiting to cross the street.
There is nothing more New York than this, nothing more Fran Lebowitz either.
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