This woman should be allowed to go on TV and talk about whatever she wants for as long as she wants all the time.

I wish she had a podcast. I would watch every day.

"Most revelations are not.... practical."

“I like to have conversations up, not down.” Oh how I love her.

One of the many things that I absolutely LOVE about Fran is that she is totally fine talking about being a misanthrope....being slothful, being the things that many of us are but don't have the courage or individual fortitude to talk about publicly. I live like her...I made the choice not to have ANYTHING around me that needed taking care of, not even a plant or a goldfish....so that I could have time to sit and stare and think. We need more people like this.

I can listen and watch Fran talk all day, any day..

Fran makes so much sense. You may not always agree with her, but she's the least hypocritical person I know. She doesn't pander to ANYONE. I have so much respect for her wit, intelligence and honesty

Fran is light years ahead of most!

This interview was from 1994, but what Fran discussed here rings very relevant today. Her commentary on politicians, celebrities and the younger generation sounds so true.

It is a great mistake to call FL a cynic -- she is a polymath critic and intellectual with enormous scope and depth of knowledge -- that sort of appetite does not spring from cynicism.

I loved her comments regarding children and television. Spot on.

"I even resist my own authority" OMG I need to do lunch with this woman LOL

She has such bulls-eye, observations on society. She is a "speaking caricature artist". Love hearing what she has to say.....the Strand bookstore talk about Michael Bloomberg was SO right on. I wish Fran would do a things where you can rent a movie (or buy it) and there would be a "narrative" that acompanies the film, with just HER commentary!!! She could do this this with hundreds of films, and we could hear her comments during the film!

Fran is the real deal.

damn she's awesome

I was shocked at the interviewer slyly twisting what Fran said about young people (as opposed to children). Fran was having none of her crap.

Fascinating lady. It never fails that some idiots will post the snide comments about her appearance or the "is this really a woman" stuff. So sad that one's idea of an attractive person is so limited and myopic.

wow, i am this woman, as soon as i got money for art i stopped doing it and now i can only express myself by talking to people because its always spontaneous and no one can shut me up or pay me to keep doing it. Massive authority problem, cant hold a job, as soon as something becomes a ‘should’ this visceral force comes over me and i need to get out of that as fast as possible. But, i have found that i can draw again as long as its only on scrap paper with bad pens and it doesn’t have to go up anywhere - as long as i owe no one nothing and can stop or start at any point without waste.

I can so relate to the anti-authoritative voice in your head that rebels even against your own authority. First person I´ve ever heard talk about it.

What an amazing interview. She hits the nail on the head over and over. She sees the reality of modern childhood.