Fran Lebowitz: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Fran Lebowitz said elsewhere, not written here

That I’ve never killed anyone – and I’ve been tempted numerous times. My other achievement is that I went to Australia, which meant I was on a plane without smoking for almost 24 hours, and I didn’t kill anyone on that flight.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗

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Ice-T American rapper and actor

The transition from streetlife to the legitimate world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗

Rosie Jones British comedian and actress

My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗

Ethan Hawke Actor, director and novelist

Words like achievement make me want to puke.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗

Jess Phillips British politician

That people listen to my voice when I speak.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗