American - Writer | December 26, 1956 -
I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.'
David Sedaris
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I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.
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Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.
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I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people say, oh the book signings go on, why would I shoo away someone who's giving me attention? What part of standing in line for 10 hours to say how much they love you is bad to you?
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I've never gone on Facebook and am not sure I understand it. The same goes for Twitter. I have someone sending tweets and pretending to be me, but I don't know why.
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As a foreigner in London, I like that there are so many other foreigners.
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I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.
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I don't have email.
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To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.
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I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry.
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The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.
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I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated.
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