Fran Lebowitz

I'm 12.

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.

By far.

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.