David Sedaris Quotes

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

Yourself, Until, Started

I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me.
David Sedaris

Movies, After, Times

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.
David Sedaris

Enjoy, Reading, Lying

I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.
David Sedaris

Books, Listen, Tape

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

Time, Same, Books

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.
David Sedaris

Lives, Books, Wretched

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.
David Sedaris

Whatever, Write, Reserve

I love 'Glee.'
David Sedaris

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.
David Sedaris

Book, Half, Meet

I sometimes read books on my iPad.
David Sedaris

Sometimes, Read, Books

I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.
David Sedaris

Family, Show, Won

I think it's important to take chances.
David Sedaris

Important, Chances

I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners.
David Sedaris

Million, Listeners

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.
David Sedaris

Everyone, Treats, Reporter

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.
David Sedaris

Write, Used, Tools

If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve.
David Sedaris

Read, Somebody, Deserve

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.
David Sedaris

Live, Learn, Books

No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try.
David Sedaris

Try, Writes, Dialect

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.
David Sedaris

Win, Wish, Sometimes

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
David Sedaris

Humor, Put, Place

The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.
David Sedaris

Writing, Real, Give

There are lots of things that happen to me that I don't write about.
David Sedaris

Happen, Write, Lots

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

Big, News, Laughs

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
David Sedaris

Humor, Writing, Hard

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

Read, Listening, Laughing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 26, 1956

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