David Sedaris
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I have no problem with it.
I used one one time.
No, it was a Hugh's sister and I don't remember what it was.
I don't like to text.
Oh, gosh, that makes me sad, you know.
But that said, if I were in college and then I had to read Moby Dick by tomorrow, I'd be like, fuck, I got to read Moby Dick by tomorrow.
I wrote something one time about, I was writing for Esquire and they did an issue, what every man should do before the age of whatever.
And so I said, read Moby Dick.
So I started reading it and I was like, oh, no, this is really boring.
It's so boring.
So I told myself I could not shave, brush my teeth, take a shower or wash my hair until I finished it.
And then on the second day, I helped the neighbor clean out her chicken coop.
And so, you know, I had those little mites all over me.
And, but I couldn't take a shower.
I couldn't do any, I had to read Moby Dick first.