I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.
David SedarisWhen 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.
David SedarisI’d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasn’t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or accidentally ripping out their IV. I think it was their fortitude that frightened us. Sick people reminded us not of what we had, but of what we lacked. Everything we said sounded petty and insignificant; our complaints paled in the face of theirs, and without our complaints, there was nothing to say.
David Sedaris