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Jonathan Safran Foer

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

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Jonathan Safran Foer is saying that although his writing makes people laugh, he himself does not have a naturally funny personality. When people meet him expecting humor like in his books, they often feel let down because he doesn’t act that way in person.

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