List of David Sedaris Quotes

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David Sedaris
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Whenever i write about my family, i start by getting my parent`s approval. i like to think i write about them with obvious affection. when it comes to the people i'm related to, i consider myself to be very lucky.
Writing Thinking People
I don't like travelling if i know i have to write about it.
Writing Knows Ifs
I don't like to read anything on the radio for the very first time, because i don't have any notion of a reaction. when i read it out loud, then i get an idea of that, and more of an idea of how to read.
Ideas Radio Firsts
I'm completely fascinated by the health-care debate going on in the united states, especially by posters of obama with a little mustache drawn on his upper lip. is that what hitler is really known for, his health-care plan? to quote bill maher, "i haven't seen this many pissed-off old white people since they cancelled 'murder she wrote.'"
White People Mustache
Writing helped to have jobs that involved running around, pushing things like dish carts and wheelbarrows. it would be hard to sit at a desk all day, and then come to sit at another desk. also, it helps to abandon hope. if i sit at my computer, determined to write a new yorker story i won't get beyond the first sentence. it's better to put no pressure on it. what would happen if i followed the previous sentence with this one, i'll think. if the eighth draft is torture, the first should be fun. at least if you're writing humor.
Running Jobs Fun
The difference between the first time i read something and the tenth time i read something is generally pretty profound. even if the script is the same, just the way that i read it is different.
Differences Profound Different
I don't worry about being exposed. when i'm writing about myself i think about myself as a character. there is a ton of stuff going on in my life that i don't write about. if i need to write that stuff down, i write about myself in my diary.
Writing Character Thinking
One thing i like about the united states, and i kind of miss about the united states, is there's an election coming up here in england, but no one's going to have a sign in front of their house. nobody's going to wear buttons. and in france, same thing. in america i like that people have signs and buttons and bumper stickers. sometimes you'll smile at someone from a distance, then you'll get up close and you'll see their pin, and you're like, "oh my god. i wasted a smile on you?"
Distance America People
In my dream world gay people in america would get the right to marry, and not a one of them would use that right.
Dream Gay America
Someone told me something recently about sarah palin, someone i trusted in the book business. they said, "i worked with palin. she did an event at my bookstore, and she was really, really nice, and even more beautiful in person." i didn't want to hear that. i wanted to hear that she was awful and hideous-looking. but i thought, i have to listen to that. i have to hear that. i don't want to be the one who is going to deny anything complimentary said about somebody just because i disagree with that person.
Beautiful Nice Book
We're not unique in our family. we're more ambitious but we're not special. i'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than raleigh, north carolina, had to offer. if my brother wanted more than raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. my sister lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. she's a fine writer, but never said, "i want a book. i want that kind of attention."
Brother Book Unique
The difference between writing where you know where to draw the line and writing where you're being way too mean is whether you can tell that the writer is not talking to family or friends anymore. generally, if you say something bad about somebody on stage, you need to say two bad things about yourself. a lot of times, i think i'm the worst person in the room.
Writing Mean Thinking
  • Born: December 26, 1956
  • Occupation: Humorist
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