Timothy Knutson

“Rather than admit defeat, I decided to change goals.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“In my experience, it was hard to write without your preferred tools, but impossible to write without a cigarette.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“The people I hung out with in my early twenties were middle-class and, at least to our minds, artistic. We’d all turned our backs on privilege, but comfortably, the way you can when you still have access to it. No one wanted to call home asking for money, but we all knew that in a pinch our parents would come through for us.”
― David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

“In 2004,I offered priority (book)-signing to smokers, the reason being that, because they didn't have as long to live, their time was more valuable. Four years later my special treatment was reserved for men who stood five-foot-six and under. "That's right, my little friends," I announced. "There'll be no waiting in line for you." It seemed unfair to restrict myself to men, so I included any woman with braces on her teeth.
"What about us?" asked the pregnant and the lame. And because it was my show, I told them to wait their f***ing turn.”
― David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.