American - Writer | December 26, 1956 -
I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.
David Sedaris
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Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it.
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But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.
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But most good movies have a gun in them.
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People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'
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The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
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I don't like being left to my own thoughts.
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If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a new mental adventure since high school. So that's what I like about books on tape, so my mind can't wander anywhere.
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There are lots of things that happen to me that I don't write about.
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I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.
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They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity.
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Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie.
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