The Tipping Point
Newsweek, June, 2008
David Sedaris is back with a new collection of essays, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” He spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Susanna Schrobsdorff.
You’ve been living in France a long time. Can you be funny in French now?
Oh, yes. But I don’t distinguish between being laughed with and laughed at. I’ll take either.
Are you looking forward to coming back for the book tour?
I am, but once it starts, it’s so all-encompassing. For the last book tour, I put a tip jar on my table, because you just have to make it fun. I didn’t even do it every night and I made $4,000.
Really?
Oh, yes. I would get there two to three hours early, and would sign books until 15 minutes before the reading. And then just before you start the reading part you go to the back...
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