Wow,....today is 1/1/ 2023!...........David Sedaris is so soothing to listen to. I have been binge listening to him, during all of 2022. I have read many of his books, but I love hearing his voice. Thanks for posting this!
Good. And he's so thoughtful in listening and answering. Hes really all there in the moment. Seems kind of rare in this time when anyone is totally there. Adorable voice.
I have listened to his stories read by other people and ,my gosh does it not work. I only want David sedaris to read his stories to me. A perfectly mellow humorous and sweet voice
" The secret to old age is to be rich" So true! Coming from a very dysfunctional family of 5, We are all in our 60s and 2 are still in poverty, one is doing ok, the other is borderline and I am doing very well, all set. I am by far the happiest!
Did you get to the end of the podcast where I talk about the postcard David mailed me from Milwaukee a few days after this chat? He signed it "Your wealthy friend, David" (LOL)
Just heard this now....6/14/23...loved it! Have been a fan of D. Sedaris for many years...hadn't heard this interview, so, of course, absolutely loved it! He visited the island of Hawaii, where i live, last Feb. and was very generous with his time, signing several of his books for me, whilst telling jokes and chatting about his crumby hotel....it was a rundown place, but I assured him there are some really lovely ones elsewhere on the island! I hope he will return...
Thanks Jane Marie! And got your call to 1-833-READ-A-LOT too! You're becoming an instant hardcore 3 Booker ... great to have you with us... full guest list here: www.3books.co/guests
This is one of the most Canadian things I ever heared and I love it. Enjoy your awesome retirement, health care, and hockey games. And please send positive thoughts that your neighbors south may enjoy some of the same good things one day.
Seriously? Neil had never heard the word lilliputian before?! Geez, I grew up in a hick farm town and knew what that was since grade school! 😆 Borderline snarky comment aside this was a great interview and a great interviewer! 😉 Well, hell, this channel is a must to subscribe to!
I could listen to David's wisdom every day. Wish the interviewer were less obnoxious and matched David's calmness instead and used the 'like' less frequently (eg. "And I was like and he was like and i was like").
Wonderful! when he mentions Magnolia and you Her - y’all, I feel this so much. It guts me when people don’t get it. And on the other hand, it warms me when people do. I read some of the comments here and I think the interviewer is just right. We’re used to highly edited and polished recordings in this world so we aren’t used to hearing a reporter asking for a word to be defined or showing emotion, and I like hearing the raw file. Those criticizing probably just want the more crafted version of interviews. I’m a reporter, and without fail when i listen to recordings of my interviews (especially the ones with people of whom I’m a fan) it is constant cringe. Compared to me, if I interviewed DS, you’re a cool cucumber.
Just watched David live for the first time at the Meridian last night in Toronto so not sure why I found my way here looking for more stuff about him. Happy to find this great conversation online. Thanks Neil!
From the novel The Mountain and the Valley by Ernest Buckler: “ it was as if another glass, beyond the glass of the window pane, covered everything, made touch between any two things impossible.”
I'm seeing him tomorrow night in now-not-so-boring Jacksonville, Florida. I "took" his Master Class. I only ever really heard of him and then read one of his books (that I'm sure I got at a second hand store years, if not decades, after publication and only because I recognized the name), Me Talk Pretty One Day. But I was, as he describes Tobias Wolfe in this incredible impromptu podcast, so glad to learn he even existed. I'd beat myself up for not having read more of him since that awakening, but, again like he says here, I don't beat myself up for stuff like that anymore. I'm just glad I'm here now. It's a wonderful prelude to seeing him. I'm glad we both still exist. And I'm especially glad we will soon be on the same literal plane!
Cary, you sound wonderfully like David in this comment. So happy you hear you're not beating yourself up for things like that anymore and ENJOY tomorrow night. Let us know what he reads!!
Hi, sorry I didn’t see this before now. It was great seeing him live. Unfortunately, I don’t hear well (rock’n’roll, babyyy!), so I didn’t catch everything, and since I’m not that familiar with his work, I wouldn’t really know. I was able to ask him a question, though: “I once castigated my brother saying, Don’t you have any friends? Anyone to do fun stuff with? And he answered, All my friends are in books. Now I find myself in that same situation! YOU are my friend! Should I reconsider my former sorrow at my brother‘s condition?“ His answer was funny, saying basically, What if you meet them and they’re an asshole, lol. And then I chickened out meeting him and buying a signed book. I suck. 😉
Fabulous Neil - both your interview and listening to the brilliant David Sedaris. Waiting in line for hours at a book signing would be worth every minute. I sure hope he returns to Australia some time soon.
A gem indeed. Sadly we're having bushfires, drought and flooding all over the country right now. Probably not the Australian image you have in mind Neil. Give me snow any day.
He's absolutely right about growing old old people with money live at the minimum 10 to 20 years longer than poor elderly and it's ridiculous that elderly people would freeze to death because of no heat in Winter aspire because of being overheated in the summer and have no food as a member of the human race I'm embarrassed and I've worked to try and help correct that problem
Thanks Katherene. He does have a way of putting a finger on things in an amazingly true but sort of oddly fresh and sometimes uncomfortable way, doesn't he?
@@katherenewedic8076 Amazingly perceptive. Most people have zero idea of suffering, which is endured second, by second by eternity...of the really poor.
@@mdqquinn2513 totally agree. Being very poor as a child, I really empathise with families in difficult times. And certainly do something when possible. It’s hard to believe in the UK there are food banks. A “First world country?”
And for most people cannot pack up and move. That's the point of being poor. You don't have any choice about the important things like where you live, what you eat or wear. You have to make do with what you can scrape together. And if you have to do that year after year it can really grind you down. And if you were disabled before you got old you cannot even get your feet on the first rung of the ladder, physically as well as metaphorically. It's so refreshing to hear someone in the public eye speaking honestly about money and how it has the potential to change a life. Instead of the usual BS pretending that it doesn't 🙄
disagree about the printer cartridge comparison, regarding $1k for the iphone and 2 dollars for the app. Most full ink cartridge sets cost more than the initial printer. it is more cost efffective to buy a new printer with a full complimentary set of cartridges than to buy new ink
"What is lilliputian?" This symbolizes the intellect of the "interviewer". Poor David Sedaris must have to deal with this mediocrity all of the time and he still manages to be infinitely patient.
It was my birthday today, one of my gifts was theft by finding diaries by david, was so looking forward to it, i asked my husband to read it to me, he has a beautiful voice. We were waiting and for it be worth our time, skipping pages and years. I told him to stop after the last word in a sentence, the word was "overrated". I'd had enough. Dear diary, i got a book today it was bad.
Thank you Mr.. Pastricha for this interview. You had such a natural and genuine rhythm in your discussion with David Saderis . It was like listening to a couple interesting people just chat . He is coming to my hometown of Indianapolis in May of '23 and I intend to be there. Thanks again and so glad you moved on from Walmart.
spoiler alert !!! Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? - Raymond Carver - [17:17] Taking Care - Joy Williams - [43:55] In the Garden of the North American Martyrs - Tobias Wolff - [1:12:40]
Go Ask Alice was fake. I read it when my much older sister had it laying around the house, and believed it was true for years. Then I reread it when it was age appropriate. It was eventually revealed to be untrue.
Great talk, always interesting. Thanks for pulling up so many different things in the talk. . (...but maybe next time might be a good idea to not wish an extremely well-established writer, "good luck".)
@@NeilPasricha1 When Sedaris was going out to do his readings on stage. But he's a pretty cool and generous guy with his fans (shocking that he doesn't seem to fully realize the high regard in which he is held) .and he may not have even noticed. Anyway, it was such a nicely held, rich and personal interview! I thank you so much for pulling all that together so well.
Interesting (slightly racist) fact: During WW2, US soldiers in the Pacific were given code words to shout out to identify each other when it was dark, or immediate vision was impaired, blind corners etc. So as not to confuse friendly allies with the Japanese, one of these code words was Lilliputian. Given the Japanese's difficulty in pronouncing the letter 'L', this word would have been hard for them to copy (Rirriputian) in order to trick a US soldier into letting his guard down. Not to mention the insult of the words meaning - very small.
Thanks for sharing, Daniel. Interestingly, when I interviewed Chip Wilson for 3 Books he told me one of the reasons he named his company LuLuLemon was, somewhat strangely / similarly, to ward off Japanese clothing knockoffs which were, I guess, a bit of a problem in his previous clothing company
Love the interview with David Sedaris and the prologue of how you first came to read him. But I also have a question about the type font you are using for "3 Books with Neil Pasricha". Not too much of a diversion from the topic of David Sedaris because his books always seem to have an eye catching cover which is part of their appeal. Thanks.
@@NeilPasricha1 Well, I would say you got your money's worth with that commission from 99 Designs. The other amazing thing about that interview with David Sedaris was that he was so, so generous with his time and you got such great audio on a portable unit in the back of a car driving through Toronto streets without so much as a honk, siren, jackhammer, or annoying back-up horn on a truck; listeners are going to think we live in a soundproofed city.
@@NeilPasricha1 I'm used to better audio quality in less than ideal circumstances since the pandemic lockdown began and broadcasters are working from home and 'calling in' their shows. But you were stuck in a car in traffic (I think I might have heard a plane fly overhead after the sunroof was opened) otherwise the sound was 'studio quality'. As good as the limo might have been to shut out street noise don't discount your skill working that portable recorder you used for the interview and whatever microphones you had.
I was excited! I mean, I was in a car with a hero of mine for the past 20 years. Definitely don't listen to my interviews with Tarantino or David Mitchell... geek out factor goes into overdrive! :)
@@NeilPasricha1 It was a nice gift! Did his dad pass away? I thought I heard David speak of him in the past tense in this interview--but that could've been another recent interview with David I'm thinking of. I'm curious because his newest piece in the New Yorker is about his dad and in that story his dad is alive.
@@alexponzo4880 Hey Alex, yeah, I read that story about his dad turning 95 (!) too. I don’t really know. Thanks so much for listening. Anything jump out for you?
Because UA-cam doesn't want people to see how many people dislike a video anymore ... maybe it's too depressing, or UA-cam is trying saving our self esteem 🤣
honest people perhaps..... does not mean we do not admire his many varied talents. immensely ; but he is best left to READING his own material, not I being Interviewed.. he's best at his own scripted material
Had to stop listening when he started talking about needing to be the richest person in the room. It shows in his writing: wealth has affected his writing. He’s no longer hungry…he’s stuffed. What a shame. I have all of his books and have gone to hear him read twice. Indeed: Money changes people.
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I'm sorry you didn't like it, Jude. Trying my best! I do appreciate the feedback. If you listen to Chapter 101 with film directors Daniels (for example) you'll see I'm experimenting with exorcising the opening completely and just starting right into the conversation. Maybe you'd like that better? Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/hd6YMMeQFyQ/v-deo.html
This interview kind of ruined David for me. He seems a snob and kind of a twit with obsessive compulsive disorder. Perhaps it’s just that he’s brutally honest, but from a place of privilege. I kind of like his obsessive compulsive side, but I wonder if he has ever been poor and happy. It is possible.
Like most self styled " progressive " liberals when you scratch the surface their aura of privileged patronising self importance is quite eye opening. Normally it's well hidden of course by carefully crafted public pronouncements. The mask slipped here.....
Although I love Davids works and can't get enough; I found this interview very tedious also ... I couldn't stick it out till the end. It came across to me as so Insecure and doubting himself constantly. by constantly changing his words mid-sentance and... well, if one listens, it's pretty obvious.. F ortunately, he has many wonderful Works, which he should stick to "reading" in public., as he is so cleaver and humorous .
Disappointed at the ageism, stereotyping and value judgement of older people. Age is more bearable with money? What's all that about! Exclamation absolutely necessary.
@@NeilPasricha1 - Thank you, Neil. I've never been in a car that makes no sound. I've travelled in a new Rolls Royce and my aunt's Lincoln Continental but they both, while very quiet, make some sound. So, it just seemed odd to me that the microphone seemed to pick up no sound at all. Perhaps your electronics are very good too. Incidentally, I really enjoyed the interview.
@@OliviaWestbrook Appreciate that, Olivia! Yeah, maybe it was just the mics. If you listen on headphones through a podcast app (not YT) you can hear more detail.
Wow,....today is 1/1/ 2023!...........David Sedaris is so soothing to listen to. I have been binge listening to him, during all of 2022. I have read many of his books, but I love hearing his voice. Thanks for posting this!
Me too!
I’m binge listening now. It’s a glorious and happy experience….when I’m “done” I think I’ll start it over again 🎉
@@eljoh Those are my exact thoughts. I am pleased there are many videos of him reading his stories.
His books in audiobook for are always read by him… it’s a real treat! I generally don’t care for audiobooks but when it’s David Sedaris I love them ❤
Good. And he's so thoughtful in listening and answering. Hes really all there in the moment. Seems kind of rare in this time when anyone is totally there. Adorable voice.
I love David's voice. 🙋
It’s incredibly adorable and warm and sweet
I have listened to his stories read by other people and ,my gosh does it not work. I only want David sedaris to read his stories to me. A perfectly mellow humorous and sweet voice
David Sedaris is a pleasure to listen to. I would like to have heard him talk in this interview.
LOL. Burn!
" The secret to old age is to be rich" So true! Coming from a very dysfunctional family of 5, We are all in our 60s and 2 are still in poverty, one is doing ok, the other is borderline and I am doing very well, all set. I am by far the happiest!
Did you get to the end of the podcast where I talk about the postcard David mailed me from Milwaukee a few days after this chat? He signed it "Your wealthy friend, David" (LOL)
Just found this gold nugget. As Mr. Sedaris' father would say: "Faaaaaantastic."
😂👏👏👏
I loved this interview!
He is very generous with his time. That's one of the greatest gifts you can give.
absolutely ... that's the biggest tell on how huge his heart is
One of the best interviews-ever! David Sedaris is so generous with sharing himself. Gotta love him! Already ordered recommended books.
Just heard this now....6/14/23...loved it! Have been a fan of D. Sedaris for many years...hadn't heard this interview, so, of course, absolutely loved it! He visited the island of Hawaii, where i live, last Feb. and was very generous with his time, signing several of his books for me, whilst telling jokes and chatting about his crumby hotel....it was a rundown place, but I assured him there are some really lovely ones elsewhere on the island! I hope he will return...
Thanks Jane Marie! And got your call to 1-833-READ-A-LOT too! You're becoming an instant hardcore 3 Booker ... great to have you with us... full guest list here: www.3books.co/guests
This is one of the most Canadian things I ever heared and I love it. Enjoy your awesome retirement, health care, and hockey games. And please send positive thoughts that your neighbors south may enjoy some of the same good things one day.
Ha! Sorry, eh.
We have Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid, etc in America.
I loved this podcast, thanks so much- I will be back. David Sedaris is such a really generous human being.
Thanks Terri! Great to have you hanging in our 3 Books community.
What a good interview! Thanks for the approach you gave to it.
Appreciate that, Guionistas!
@@NeilPasricha1 Have a nice day!
Seriously? Neil had never heard the word lilliputian before?! Geez, I grew up in a hick farm town and knew what that was since grade school! 😆
Borderline snarky comment aside this was a great interview and a great interviewer! 😉 Well, hell, this channel is a must to subscribe to!
I could listen to David's wisdom every day. Wish the interviewer were less obnoxious and matched David's calmness instead and used the 'like' less frequently (eg. "And I was like and he was like and i was like").
I wish that too! Maybe in a few decades
@@NeilPasricha1 ah. Nice comment, Neil.
Wonderful! when he mentions Magnolia and you Her - y’all, I feel this so much. It guts me when people don’t get it. And on the other hand, it warms me when people do.
I read some of the comments here and I think the interviewer is just right. We’re used to highly edited and polished recordings in this world so we aren’t used to hearing a reporter asking for a word to be defined or showing emotion, and I like hearing the raw file. Those criticizing probably just want the more crafted version of interviews. I’m a reporter, and without fail when i listen to recordings of my interviews (especially the ones with people of whom I’m a fan) it is constant cringe. Compared to me, if I interviewed DS, you’re a cool cucumber.
Aw thanks Christina!
Just watched David live for the first time at the Meridian last night in Toronto so not sure why I found my way here looking for more stuff about him. Happy to find this great conversation online. Thanks Neil!
My pleasure, Ner! I miss David's live shows badly right now. Can't wait to see him again when this is over...
Interview begins at 9:50.
Sexy intro from Neil starts at 0:00
I liked the intro, thought it was super helpful in understanding the interview.
@@NeilPasricha1 you owned this 😉
Thank you!! Skipping ahead!
From the novel The Mountain and the Valley by Ernest Buckler: “ it was as if another glass, beyond the glass of the window pane, covered everything, made touch between any two things impossible.”
I love that your podcast is on you tube.
I'm seeing him tomorrow night in now-not-so-boring Jacksonville, Florida. I "took" his Master Class. I only ever really heard of him and then read one of his books (that I'm sure I got at a second hand store years, if not decades, after publication and only because I recognized the name), Me Talk Pretty One Day. But I was, as he describes Tobias Wolfe in this incredible impromptu podcast, so glad to learn he even existed. I'd beat myself up for not having read more of him since that awakening, but, again like he says here, I don't beat myself up for stuff like that anymore. I'm just glad I'm here now. It's a wonderful prelude to seeing him. I'm glad we both still exist. And I'm especially glad we will soon be on the same literal plane!
Cary, you sound wonderfully like David in this comment. So happy you hear you're not beating yourself up for things like that anymore and ENJOY tomorrow night. Let us know what he reads!!
Hi, sorry I didn’t see this before now. It was great seeing him live. Unfortunately, I don’t hear well (rock’n’roll, babyyy!), so I didn’t catch everything, and since I’m not that familiar with his work, I wouldn’t really know. I was able to ask him a question, though: “I once castigated my brother saying, Don’t you have any friends? Anyone to do fun stuff with? And he answered, All my friends are in books. Now I find myself in that same situation! YOU are my friend! Should I reconsider my former sorrow at my brother‘s condition?“ His answer was funny, saying basically, What if you meet them and they’re an asshole, lol. And then I chickened out meeting him and buying a signed book. I suck. 😉
What a wonderful podcast! THANK you!
Glad you enjoyed! All books mentioned on the podcast are at 3books.co/the-top-1000
Fabulous Neil - both your interview and listening to the brilliant David Sedaris. Waiting in line for hours at a book signing would be worth every minute. I sure hope he returns to Australia some time soon.
Lynne,
Thank you! He's such a gem. Freezing in Canada now. Australia sounds nice!
A gem indeed. Sadly we're having bushfires, drought and flooding all over the country right now. Probably not the Australian image you have in mind Neil. Give me snow any day.
@@lynnefellowes2686 Ack! Stay safe, Lynne.
Wonderful! Back to You: A Huge ~ Deep ~ Thank You!
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This was by far the least lilliputian episode!
Thanks Jozsef! David was a giant gem. :)
He's absolutely right about growing old old people with money live at the minimum 10 to 20 years longer than poor elderly and it's ridiculous that elderly people would freeze to death because of no heat in Winter aspire because of being overheated in the summer and have no food as a member of the human race I'm embarrassed and I've worked to try and help correct that problem
people don't want to talk about money because when they're embarrassed they don't have it or two they have more and they don't want to share it
Thanks Katherene. He does have a way of putting a finger on things in an amazingly true but sort of oddly fresh and sometimes uncomfortable way, doesn't he?
@@katherenewedic8076
Amazingly perceptive. Most people have zero idea of suffering, which is endured second, by second by eternity...of the really poor.
The rich refer to The Masses as
Them Asses.
@@mdqquinn2513 totally agree. Being very poor as a child, I really empathise with families in difficult times. And certainly do something when possible. It’s hard to believe in the UK there are food banks. A “First world country?”
Dude. This is So hard to listen too. My gawd. Easy Up!
And for most people cannot pack up and move. That's the point of being poor. You don't have any choice about the important things like where you live, what you eat or wear. You have to make do with what you can scrape together. And if you have to do that year after year it can really grind you down. And if you were disabled before you got old you cannot even get your feet on the first rung of the ladder, physically as well as metaphorically. It's so refreshing to hear someone in the public eye speaking honestly about money and how it has the potential to change a life. Instead of the usual BS pretending that it doesn't 🙄
disagree about the printer cartridge comparison, regarding $1k for the iphone and 2 dollars for the app. Most full ink cartridge sets cost more than the initial printer. it is more cost efffective to buy a new printer with a full complimentary set of cartridges than to buy new ink
Damnnnnnn! Wow! You canned lightening!!!
Way too long an introduction to the feature.
This interview was absolutely wonderful. I'm going to track down a copy of In the Garden of North American Martyrs and read closely. Inspiring.
Thanks Jeanette! David let us go really deep. He redefines authenticity. Hope you like In The Garden! Prob my fave of his three.
I've been looking for an inspired recommend, I'm going to track this title down myself. Did you like it?
@@carolyntalbot947 Yes, it was the first book of short stories I've ever read cover to cover I think ... highly recommend.
"What is lilliputian?" This symbolizes the intellect of the "interviewer". Poor David Sedaris must have to deal with this mediocrity all of the time and he still manages to be infinitely patient.
It was my birthday today, one of my gifts was theft by finding diaries by david, was so looking forward to it, i asked my husband to read it to me, he has a beautiful voice. We were waiting and for it be worth our time, skipping pages and years. I told him to stop after the last word in a sentence, the word was "overrated". I'd had enough. Dear diary, i got a book today it was bad.
Thank you Mr.. Pastricha for this interview. You had such a natural and genuine rhythm in your discussion with David Saderis . It was like listening to a couple interesting people just chat . He is coming to my hometown of Indianapolis in May of '23 and I intend to be there. Thanks again and so glad you moved on from Walmart.
What's with that crazy freaking music? Otherwise always good to hear David sedaris. Good interview
Hope you have taken a look at Dr. Gabor Mate , whose books , podcasts, and talks concern trauma and addiction. He’s Canadian.
Yeah, here's my interview with him: ua-cam.com/video/Vw2WkwdWjr4/v-deo.html
spoiler alert !!!
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? - Raymond Carver - [17:17]
Taking Care - Joy Williams - [43:55]
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs - Tobias Wolff - [1:12:40]
Very helpful, thank you!
3 most formative books: "A Woman of Independent Means", "Go Ask Alice", and "Men are Just Desserts".
Go Ask Alice was fake. I read it when my much older sister had it laying around the house, and believed it was true for years. Then I reread it when it was age appropriate. It was eventually revealed to be untrue.
Great talk, always interesting. Thanks for pulling up so many different things in the talk. .
(...but maybe next time might be a good idea to not wish an extremely well-established writer, "good luck".)
Ugh can't believe I did that.... what was the context?
@@NeilPasricha1 When Sedaris was going out to do his readings on stage. But he's a pretty cool and generous guy with his fans (shocking that he doesn't seem to fully realize the high regard in which he is held) .and he may not have even noticed. Anyway, it was such a nicely held, rich and personal interview! I thank you so much for pulling all that together so well.
I learned how to use exclamation marks while chatting on social media sites. I should have used one just now.
LOL
Interesting (slightly racist) fact:
During WW2, US soldiers in the Pacific were given code words to shout out to identify each other when it was dark, or immediate vision was impaired, blind corners etc. So as not to confuse friendly allies with the Japanese, one of these code words was Lilliputian. Given the Japanese's difficulty in pronouncing the letter 'L', this word would have been hard for them to copy (Rirriputian) in order to trick a US soldier into letting his guard down.
Not to mention the insult of the words meaning - very small.
Thanks for sharing, Daniel. Interestingly, when I interviewed Chip Wilson for 3 Books he told me one of the reasons he named his company LuLuLemon was, somewhat strangely / similarly, to ward off Japanese clothing knockoffs which were, I guess, a bit of a problem in his previous clothing company
@@NeilPasricha1 ** Hides RuRuRemon T-shirt in draw**
Love the interview with David Sedaris and the prologue of how you first came to read him. But I also have a question about the type font you are using for "3 Books with Neil Pasricha". Not too much of a diversion from the topic of David Sedaris because his books always seem to have an eye catching cover which is part of their appeal. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed the interview! I hired someone to make the logo through 99 Designs. Wish I knew the name! Sorry!
@@NeilPasricha1 Well, I would say you got your money's worth with that commission from 99 Designs. The other amazing thing about that interview with David Sedaris was that he was so, so generous with his time and you got such great audio on a portable unit in the back of a car driving through Toronto streets without so much as a honk, siren, jackhammer, or annoying back-up horn on a truck; listeners are going to think we live in a soundproofed city.
@@Park2King Ha! Yeah. And / or, he just had a fancy limo ... :)
@@NeilPasricha1 I'm used to better audio quality in less than ideal circumstances since the pandemic lockdown began and broadcasters are working from home and 'calling in' their shows. But you were stuck in a car in traffic (I think I might have heard a plane fly overhead after the sunroof was opened) otherwise the sound was 'studio quality'. As good as the limo might have been to shut out street noise don't discount your skill working that portable recorder you used for the interview and whatever microphones you had.
I wish the interviewer would calm down.
I was excited! I mean, I was in a car with a hero of mine for the past 20 years. Definitely don't listen to my interviews with Tarantino or David Mitchell... geek out factor goes into overdrive! :)
@@NeilPasricha1 Fair enough!
sorry -I don't even know who you are........... but if this is your "go to'....... might think about switching jobs.
Lovely, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, Alex. He gave us a real gift, didn't he?
@@NeilPasricha1 It was a nice gift! Did his dad pass away? I thought I heard David speak of him in the past tense in this interview--but that could've been another recent interview with David I'm thinking of. I'm curious because his newest piece in the New Yorker is about his dad and in that story his dad is alive.
@@alexponzo4880 Hey Alex, yeah, I read that story about his dad turning 95 (!) too. I don’t really know. Thanks so much for listening. Anything jump out for you?
@@alexponzo4880 I just moved south of Raleigh New Year's Day, and I attend Mr. Sedaris' church. He is quite alive and kicking!!
Wow this presenter is irritating!!!!
He interupt David when he says something interesting. It's like he afraid he is going to lose audience if he doesn't get the jokes.
Sorry, Kiki. I'm working on getting better!
@@NeilPasricha1 Sorry. Now I feel like shit. Well, I do appreciate the comprehensive interview. Seriously, I'm just greedy, and want more.
At 9:35 the interview starts.
David. You speak like an easterner. The USA is big move West. People don’t judge people on the size of their pocket books. Really.
What kind of person gives something like this a thumbs down? Who does that?
I don't see any thumbs down 😀
Thumbs down is for the interviewer. So many threads were cut off
Because UA-cam doesn't want people to see how many people dislike a video anymore ... maybe it's too depressing, or UA-cam is trying saving our self esteem 🤣
Anyone who prefers genuine
depth of intellect to vacuous virtue
signalling and spouting of twee
banalities about " Life " ?
honest people perhaps..... does not mean we do not admire his many varied talents. immensely ; but he is best left to READING his own material, not I being Interviewed..
he's best at his own scripted material
Who is the woman writer he talks about second?
Joy Williams!
I bet he wrote about you in his diary. How cool is that?
Had to stop listening when he started talking about needing to be the richest person in the room. It shows in his writing: wealth has affected his writing. He’s no longer hungry…he’s stuffed. What a shame. I have all of his books and have gone to hear him read twice. Indeed: Money changes people.
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21 feet from stardom clip
How long does the music last?! That's awful!
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The intro was such a turnoff that I couldn’t listen anymore.
Is it possible to annoy people to the point of getting off your site within just 20 seconds? YES! Just play the dreadful music they have here!
I'm sorry you didn't like it, Jude. Trying my best! I do appreciate the feedback. If you listen to Chapter 101 with film directors Daniels (for example) you'll see I'm experimenting with exorcising the opening completely and just starting right into the conversation. Maybe you'd like that better? Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/hd6YMMeQFyQ/v-deo.html
David sounds a little primitive when he talks about money imo but since he's being honest so I won't hold it against him.
That's nice of you! :) But yeah - I think when you're as open booky as he is you're bound to step in it a lot ... a more than fair trade !!
Too many quotes and inserted set-ups.
Appreciate the feedback, dothedeed! Always trying to get better.
He did it all for the money?!
This interview kind of ruined David for me. He seems a snob and kind of a twit with obsessive compulsive disorder. Perhaps it’s just that he’s brutally honest, but from a place of privilege. I kind of like his obsessive compulsive side, but I wonder if he has ever been poor and happy. It is possible.
Like most self styled " progressive " liberals when you scratch the surface their aura of privileged
patronising self importance is
quite eye opening. Normally it's well hidden of course by carefully crafted public pronouncements.
The mask slipped here.....
Although I love Davids works and can't get enough; I found this interview very tedious also ... I couldn't stick it out till the end. It came across to me as so Insecure and doubting himself constantly. by constantly changing his words mid-sentance and... well, if one listens, it's pretty obvious..
F ortunately, he has many wonderful Works, which he should stick to "reading" in public., as he is so cleaver and humorous .
Disappointed at the ageism, stereotyping and value judgement of older people. Age is more bearable with money? What's all that about! Exclamation absolutely necessary.
Yes but you should know that DS can write funny books but in real life he's a snotty, arrogant queen. Maybe even a stinkpot!!!! 😂
I thought the same thing.
How is it that there were no vehicle sounds when driving around?
Let's just say David travels in style. As he should! You can see a pic of the car we were in at 3books.co/chapters/18
@@NeilPasricha1 - Thank you, Neil. I've never been in a car that makes no sound. I've travelled in a new Rolls Royce and my aunt's Lincoln Continental but they both, while very quiet, make some sound. So, it just seemed odd to me that the microphone seemed to pick up no sound at all. Perhaps your electronics are very good too.
Incidentally, I really enjoyed the interview.
@@OliviaWestbrook Appreciate that, Olivia! Yeah, maybe it was just the mics. If you listen on headphones through a podcast app (not YT) you can hear more detail.