I'm Hillary Clinton and this is you and me both.

I've said it here before that I'm a big admirer of people who get things done.

Well, my guest today is someone who proudly claims she doesn't like to work.

She thinks she's, you know, pretty lazy and she would have been a good aress.

Well, Fran Leverwitz is not an aress but she is an icon and an institution of New York City and American culture.

As you'll hear, she's whipsmart, funny and full of opinions.

Fran famously wrote for Andy Warhol's interview magazine and she is the author of two best-selling collections of essays

but hasn't written another book since the mid 1990s.

Instead, she can be found talking.

In documentaries, she's done two with Martin Scorsese and the latest from 2021 is called Pretend It's a City

or on late night television or in her speaking tour across the United States and around the world.

Few voices out there are as original and unapologetic as Fran Leverwitz's.

She's a truth teller and a real breath of fresh air.

I was so delighted to have this chance to sit down and talk with her.

I cannot tell you how pleased I am to talk with you today, Fran.

And I thank you.

I feel like I've got all of New York City, or at least Manhattan, right here in this booth with me.

And I want to talk to you about your speaking tour, your docu-series and of course New York City.

And I was just asking you, you're heading to Brooklyn for a live event. You've been to Brooklyn, right?

Oh yes, New Year's time.

I mean, my grandparents lived in Brooklyn.

So when I was young, that's where grandparents lived.

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