At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself that if I failed, at least I took a few trees down with me.
David SedarisOf course, the diary helps me as well. 'That wasn't your position on July 7, 1991,' I'll remind Hugh an hour after we've had a fight. I'd have loved to rebut him sooner, but it takes awhile to look these things up.
David Sedarisbut I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.
David SedarisI've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted empty lives.
David Sedaris