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.'
Quotes to Explore
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Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons.
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Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
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When you are doing a long scene, you have dialogue and interaction to narrate the character. But making sense out of facial expression and reacting is difficult. Having said that, I think such challenges are good for learning.
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The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.
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Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.
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I enjoy being in New York. I have so many fans here that sing all my songs from start to finish.
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I got quite good results from protein plates.
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Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
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I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
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My connections to Broward are long, and they are deep, and I'm proud of them.
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I try and be a little bit chic. I wouldn't wear sweatpants. I wouldn't wear a twinset.
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Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.
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I love going to tag sales, to auctions.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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You get to be a certain age - I am 58 - and it becomes tricky not to become a caricature of yourself.
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Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim.
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One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet about them, you might say, 'I don't really necessarily want to hang out with this guy' or 'I would never be this kind of guy in my life.' I think it's part of an actor's job to say, 'Maybe you could be.'
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
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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.'
