What David Sedaris has said about Aging

2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 14, 2026

David Sedaris, American humorist, essayist and diarist, has been quoted on Aging 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Sedaris says he finds decrepitude harder to contemplate than death.
“it's easier to, to conceive of our death than it is of our decrepitude, you know”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 55:33
Sedaris says writing daily for 50 years is so central to his identity that he does not know who he would be without it.
“i've i've done it every single day of my life for the last 50 years so i don't know who i would be without it”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 58:22

Episodes

David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite
Pod Save America · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Jon Lovett talks with humorist David Sedaris about his essay collection The Land and Its People, his Trump-supporting father, progressive language, a dog bite, marriage and aging.

Others on Aging

Jonathan Schoeff · 3 quotes
Amy Poehler · 2 quotes
Ekin Ozlen · 1 quote
Arthur Brooks · 1 quote
Chris Rock · 1 quote
Stacey E. Rosen · 1 quote
Sonja Morgan · 1 quote
Luann de Lesseps · 1 quote

David Sedaris on other topics

Marriage and long-term partnership · 2 quotes
Political correctness and progressive language · 2 quotes
Fatherhood · 2 quotes
Assisted suicide · 1 quote
Masculinity · 1 quote
Queer (term) · 1 quote
CBS News · 1 quote
Reform UK · 1 quote