#ear

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. ↗

— David Sedaris

#came #first #i #later #out

I've been keeping diaries for 27 years. ↗

— David Sedaris

#diaries #i #keeping #years

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise. ↗

— David Sedaris

#books #compromise #learn #live #lovers

My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six months ago and said she wanted to be in a story. She was worried people thought I didn't like her. ↗

— David Sedaris

#ago #called #her #i #like

After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#better #great #great time #know #lucky

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic. ↗

— Lisa See

#far #go #i #i love #love

Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them. ↗

— Lisa See

#did #doing #done #family #finding

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#important #important thing #learn #people #talk

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#any #asked #compulsion #especially #glad

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#ago #america #ancestors #came #dissenters