Amy Sedaris Quotes

I love making handmade gifts.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

I love getting anything homemade - anything that's from the heart. If you can make or craft your own something, that always goes above and beyond, like, a candle - which is great, but if it's homemade, that's so much better for me.

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

I'm doing a lot more handmade gifts. When I go to a party, I cook whatever it is I need to bring instead of just grabbing a bottle of wine.

My love can't be purchased... Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.

I would never look a gift horse in the mouth. I've had some lovely homemade earrings and, recently, a wall hanging made in the style of Georges Seurat.

Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.

I like buying people little things, not flooding them with money, trying to win them.

Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

A bag of apples, a pot of homemade jam, a scribbled note, a bunch of golden flowers, a coloured pebble, a box of seedlings, an empty scent bottle for the children. . . . Who needs diamonds and van-delivered bouquets?

If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.

Our quilts were more than useful, they had the faint sentimentality of a pressed flower. And no more beauty. We did not value them for their appearance, but for the memories in them, for their good wearing qualities and the thrift they represented.

But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house.

I like presents that a man has spent time on, doing them himself, like a card or anything that is made by hand and from the heart.

You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to someone who will appreciate it more.

Although I believe affection and romance should be shown all year around, it's always smart to have a good plan up your sleeve for Valentine's Day.

I just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off.

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

In an age when so many groups are rolling out restaurants faster than your local baker makes donuts, my goal is that each restaurant feels hand-crafted. That they have their own soul.

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.

When you give a homemade gift, you are giving a part of yourself to the recipient. You can't do that with a mass-produced item.

When I was 17, I had my first proper girlfriend, and on Valentine's Day, I painted a canvas of her, bought her a massage, put flowers on the stairs, and ran a bath.