Fran Lebowitz
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So... You wrote the first book that thrilled you.
Well, the first book I read completely by myself like that was a Nancy Drew book.
People don't know what they are anymore, but...
Nancy Drew.
No, she was a girl detective.
I mean, there were very few books really for girls in that way when I was a child.
But the Nancy Drew books were a big series.
I didn't own that many books.
My parents didn't really have money.
I would take them out of the library.
But every time there was an occasion where I would receive a gift, what do you want for your birthday?
A Nancy Drew book.
What do you want for Hanukkah?
A Nancy Drew book.
And then when I got old, I bought all the rest of the ones.
And my friend Debbie came to my apartment and looked at them and said, you have all the Nancy Drew books?
This is a millionaire.
I say, you know, Debbie, you could buy them too.
But there are people who collect them.