Fran Lebowitz
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Wouldn't that be your job?
Like, if I don't know who James Baldwin is, it's not my fault.
It's your fault.
So she told me he's a writer.
The next day, I went to the library, and I got some books of his.
And yeah, he was a mesmerizing talker.
Yeah, he did have...
uh he he was one of i never met him but he was one of i believe 10 children and he had one of his siblings was a sister who i think was the youngest i think he might have been the oldest i knew the sister uh because she was a friend of tony morrison and tony knew the whole family but
And I was having dinner with her once with Tony and his sister, and she said, you remind me of Jimmy.
And I thought that's like the best compliment I ever got.
It's the greatest compliment.
Well, I'm very honored.
I hope it's real.
I hope it's not like that soccer-like thing that they gave to Trump.
Well, when my first book came out, there used to be a lot of bookstores in New York.
And there was a bookstore on Fifth Avenue called Scribner's.
It was, I think, probably had been owned by the publisher.
It was a very beautiful storefront.