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 OK to cry.
David SedarisSometimes you read something and it's just -- it doesn't invite a reader....Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come in, come in have a seat. I'm going to tell you what happened.' Perhaps my writing comes off as conversational...and that takes effort.
David SedarisWhen you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.
David SedarisBesides, if I wanted to hear people speaking wall-to-wall French, all I had to do was remove my headphones and participate in what is known as โreal life,โ a concept as uninviting as a shampoo cocktail.
David Sedaris