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.
Do you do that for every tour?
You can only have one gimmick per tour, so when the hardcover of “[Dress Your Family in] Corduroy and Denim” came out, I offered...
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