Top 59 Quotes by David Sedaris

About David Sedaris

These are some quotes by American author David Sedaris Writer, who was born on December 26, 1956.

I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.

I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.

David Sedaris

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

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

David Sedaris

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.

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.

David Sedaris

I don't have email.

I don't have email.

David Sedaris

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

David Sedaris

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.

David Sedaris

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

David Sedaris

But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter.

But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter.

David Sedaris

I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.

David Sedaris

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

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

David Sedaris

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