David Sedaris Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.”

“I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.”

“The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.”

“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?”

“I don't think my life is more interesting than anybody else's.”

“I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.”

“No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try.”

“People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.”

“To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.”

“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.'”