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Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who put off writing bad poetry. Merits were for sex addicts, Salems were for alcoholics, and Mores were for people who considered themselves to be outrageous but really weren't.
— David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Tags: stereotypes, smoking, humor

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I've never gone on Facebook and am not sure I understand it. The same goes for Twitter. I have someone sending tweets and pretending to be me, but I don't know why.
— David Sedaris
Tags: someone, know, never, me
Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.
— David Sedaris
Tags: sometimes, award, win, myself
I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.
— David Sedaris
Tags: out, first, writing, book
Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie.
— David Sedaris
Tags: actually, liked, movie, vampire, right
If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a new mental adventure since high school. So that's what I like about books on tape, so my mind can't wander anywhere.
— David Sedaris
Tags: adventure, mind, school, bike
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