Quote by Fran Lebowitz

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

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This quote suggests that one's personal life story may not be interesting or captivating enough to be worthy of being written in a book. It advises against attempting to document one's life story, implying that it may lack the compelling elements or captivating events that make a story engaging to readers. It promotes the idea that not every individual's life experiences are book-worthy, and thus discourages putting effort into trying to write a book about one's own life story.

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