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" To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news. "
David Sedaris
How
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Laughs
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" The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. "
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" People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country. "
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" I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer. "
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" I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners. "
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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.' "
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" My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six months ago and said she wanted to be in a story. She was worried people thought I didn't like her. "
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" When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening. "
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" I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. "
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Used
Always
" 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. "
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People
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" Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it. "
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Get
Away
Boy
" Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie. "
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Right
Movie
" 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. "
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Winning
Said
Morning
" I love 'Glee.' I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it okay to cry. "
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Writing
Feel
Know
" I don't have email. "
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Email
" I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting. "
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People
Half
Meet
" The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing. "
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Advice
You
Writing
" No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try. "
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Than
Should
Try
" As a foreigner in London, I like that there are so many other foreigners. "
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Foreigners
Other
London
" Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered. "
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Win
Wish
Say
" 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?' "
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Time
Birthday
Mind
" 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. "
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Say
Story
Think
" I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine. "
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Enjoy
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" But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. "
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Humorist
Never
Reporter
" I sometimes read books on my iPad. "
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Sometimes
Read
" I've never gone on Facebook and am not sure I understand it. The same goes for Twitter. I have someone sending tweets and pretending to be me, but I don't know why. "
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Me
Someone
" I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives. "
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Like
Nonfiction
" I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated. "
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Wanted
Knew
Illustrated
" I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you. "
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Policy
Good
Always