235 Quotes by Amy Sedaris

I wasn’t a cliquey person, and I think that’s because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn’t like.

All my muscles are in my face. I have a very muscular face. I’m good with faces. I always have been.

I’m not a good storyteller. I always think I’m going to get interrupted, or something’s going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

On the off chance that you have children, don’t clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris.

Gift-wrap the framed artwork on your walls and rehang them – what’s nicer than a wall of presents to look at?

You know when you watch old movies, it’s always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

It’s natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.

I’m not a first-place person.

Usually, the best ideas come from other people’s good ideas, which then, after a short gestation period, become your ideas.