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 afternoondayforce Change image and share on social
It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll have a nice time, then two years later you'll be like, 'There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?' David Sedaris arrangebirthdayclown share on social
When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening. David Sedaris comiclaughlisten Change image and share on social
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. David Sedaris deservediaryread Change image and share on social
But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either. David Sedaris distinguishlaughwill Change image and share on social
But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. David Sedaris humoristpretendreporter Change image and share on social
There are lots of things that happen to me that I don't write about. David Sedaris happenlotthing Change image and share on social
No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try. David Sedaris connordialectflannery Change image and share on social
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris electricityfieldfrench Change image and share on social
