Fran Lebowitz: 9 Lessons on How to Write Funny

Subscribe for our weekly video essays.

The Human Condition is a video channel dedicated to helping you reach your personal goals by studying the great artists and thinkers in the world.

[janettucker]

She is so insightful. She constantly surprises with her intelligence.

[claregill]

I've just found her. I love her quick wit, insight and lack of concern of what others think of her, which feels rare for a woman

[skeeptwo]

I LOVE Fran Lebowitz for being so real and human, clever, insightful, quick, witty and naturally entertaining!

[KS-xzrq]

Superb presentation.Thanks to YouTube for the possibility of allowing oneself to become intellectually stimulated by brilliant people from all over the world.Cheers from India.

[ChatsWithChris]

Someone help me is there much longer version of this. I’m so fond of fran and cannot get enough. I am so grateful that she does media. Her opinion is the only one that matters.

[THMILLER]

I've always been a fan of Fran Lebowitz.

[anthonycharles]

I have loved reading Fran as far back as I can remember! And Toni Morrison is my favorite novelist!
Thank you for this episode 😊💜

[lollypopdrop]

Well Done !!!! This was very interesting and beautifully put together.

[mariacristinajimenez]

I adore her heart and wit. I can’t get enough of her. Thank you ❤Fran

[BabyHoolighan]

Fran is my favorite person eventhough she says it is impossible to have a favorite.

[cloe]

13:09 "no one has a romantic idea of an old person"

[nmaurok]

Beautiful compilation and great commentary too!

[molindt]

She says she had no contemporaries - that there were no other writers ... But there were writers: in universities for example. Also there was Susan Sontag - living next to Lebowitz in New Yorck. How come she treats her like she never existed?!?

[caroldraper]

Is there any way I can ask her if she has read The Egg and I by Betty McDonald?

[donniemoder]

I have no idea of the answer to this question, but do you need to get the copyright to the film clips you have in this video? It is a wonderful video that you have created, it is a very tight well edited and formatted, but it relies a lot on piecing together the video clips of Lebowitz speaking about writing. I assume none of them are your original content.

[dr.barrycohn]

Fran is pure Americana at its best. She is pure voice. She reminds me of me.

[DR-nxfu]

She resembledsOscar Wilde...hair, clothes and wit.

[farquarson]

How would Fran account for Rimbaud? She says there are no child prodigy writers because you have to know something, but Rimbaud didn't!

[armando]

You are only as good as your last haircut.