In fact, I have so many opinions, I have overwhelmed my ability to document myself. I can barely put them in my mouth fast enough.
I'm like Lucy trying to keep up with the candy at the chocolate factory. Well, like a lot of other dictators, there is one man's opinion I value above all others. It's his funeral.īut I get your "drift." Why even dictate? I shouted it into a tape recorder over the Columbus Day weekend, then handed it to my agent and said, "Sell this." He's the one who turned it into a book. Now, you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Stephen, if you don't like books, why did you write one?" You just asked yourself a trick question. WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK I'VE EVER WRITTEN, AND I HOPE IT'S THE FIRST BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ. AND CHANCES ARE, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, YOU AND I SHARE A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE PRINTED WORD. This is unconscionable and will not stand," Colbert says.Ĭolbert reads The New York Times, for which Krugman is a columnist, only because he has to understand what "the enemy" is doing. The New York Times and economist Paul Krugman, Colbert says, had the "temerity" to release his book the same week as Colbert. I am a huge fan of sales," Colbert says.Ĭolbert takes on everything from old people and endangered animals in his new book. "I don't expect anyone to read this book. Now, with the publication of his new book, I Am America (And So Can You!), Colbert tells Robert Siegel that "at this point, we've driven the great ship of destiny aground." He said at the time, "It's going to be a program that, with its will toward justice, will slowly change the great ship of destiny." Colbert explains the reason for his book, in this excerpt.Ī couple of years ago, Stephen Colbert, who was known then only as a contributor to Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, appeared on All Things Considered to discuss his forthcoming new program, The Colbert Report.
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