David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)
David Sedaris, now 69, reflects on aging, memory, and the creative process in his latest essay collection, The Land and Its People, discussing how live audiences shape his writing, his obsessive routines, and his ambivalence toward marriage and legacy. For Sedaris, humor is rooted in su
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