David Sedaris Quotes

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  Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Love, Opportunity, Truth

  Tags in Feelings, Real, Hurt

• Faced with an exciting question, science tended to provide the dullest possible answer.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Science

• But I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Inspiration

• There seemed to be some correlation between devotion to God and a misguided zeal for marshmallows.

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  Topics in Religion

• A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Writing, Reading
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  It is funny the things that run through your mind when you’re sitting in your underpants in front of a pair of strangers.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Funny, Humor

  Tags in Mind, Strangers

• When you read comic material and people aren’t laughing how do you know they’re listening.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Comic, Laughing

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Amateur, Sign

• To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don’t see how that’s big news.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Big

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

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Advice

  Tags in Keep

• Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Compromise

  Tags in Lovers

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Exaggeration

• I’m not a reporter but the ‘New Yorker’ treats everyone like a reporter.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reporter, Treats

• I think it’s important to take chances.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Chance

• I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won’t be offended.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Offended, Tend

• I sometimes read books on my iPad.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Books

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

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Same, Listening

• I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wretched

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

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Couch, Magazine

• I don’t think my life is more interesting than anybody else’s.

  David Sedaris

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in My Life, Else

David Sedaris (66)

Birth:	26th December, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Comedian, Humorist

About

David Raymond Sedaris is an American humorist, comedian, author and radio contributor nominated for a Grammy Award.
Sedaris has been described as 'the rock star of writers'. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries".

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