David Sedaris Quote
On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people actually use. From the dog owners I learned Lie down, Shut up, and Who shit on this carpet? The couple across the road taught me to ask questions correctly, and the grocer taught me to count. Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly. Is thems the thoughts of cows? I'd ask the butcher, pointing to the calves' brains displayed in the front window. I want me some lamb chop with handles on 'em.
David Sedaris
On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people actually use. From the dog owners I learned Lie down, Shut up, and Who shit on this carpet? The couple across the road taught me to ask questions correctly, and the grocer taught me to count. Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly. Is thems the thoughts of cows? I'd ask the butcher, pointing to the calves' brains displayed in the front window. I want me some lamb chop with handles on 'em.
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About David Sedaris
Much of Sedaris's humor is ostensibly autobiographical and self-deprecating and often concerns his family life, his middle-class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, his Greek heritage, homosexuality, jobs, education, drug use, and obsessive behaviors, as well as his life in France, London, New York, and the South Downs in England. He is the brother and writing collaborator of actress Amy Sedaris.
In 2019, Sedaris was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.