Dec 4, 2025 10:00am PT Fran Lebowitz on Olivia Nuzzi, Driverless Cars and Voting for Zohran Mamdani Because He Caused ‘Hysteria’ Among ‘Old Democrats’ By Ethan Shanfeld Plus Icon Ethan Shanfeld @ethanshanfeld Latest Bert Kreischer’s Netflix Series ‘Free Bert’ Gets January Release, First-Look Images 32 minutes ago ‘Blonde’ Director Andrew Dominik on Brad Pitt Saving Him From ‘Director Jail’ and the Problem With Movie Financing: ‘Often You Have to Miscast a Movie to Get It Made’ 43 minutes ago ‘Euphoria’ Sets Season 3 Premiere Date as Sam Levinson Teases Where Characters End Up: ‘Cassie and Nate Do in Fact Get Married’ 23 hours ago See All If you want to get in touch with Fran Lebowitz, you’ll have to jump through a few hoops. Even inquiring if the sharp-tongued writer and flaneur would entertain an interview required three intermediaries and instructions delivered over the phone: “Dial her number at 4 p. m. Talk to the answering machine, and she’ll screen your call.” That’s because Lebowitz famously doesn’t have an email address — or a cellphone, a computer or Wi-Fi.