Monday, 5 August 2013

David Sedaris: Stranger Than Fiction

"I was just told this story that's too good to be true. A woman sleeps with this guy at his place. He leaves early to go to work. She defecates in the toilet but realises it's blocked, so she fishes the turd out and puts it in a plastic bag, planning to put it in a trash can after she leaves. Then she writes him a note about what a lovely time she's had and leaves. Just as the door clicks, she realises she's left the turd on the kitchen counter.
"That's what I live for, that kind of story. People keep asking me, 'When are you going to run out of things to write about?' Why would I? I could leave here and get run over and write about that. I'm not afraid of running out of material – no more than a fiction writer would be."

David Sedaris is interviewed in The Guardian.
He's doing some shows at the Edinborrow Festival - not that there'll be any tickets left now.
BBC Radio 4 are currently repeating the third series of Meet David Sedaris on Thursdays - if you listen closely you may hear the sound of Fagburn laughing.

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