--- description: Comedian Aziz Ansari got bored waiting for a flight and signed copies of his book at a New York airport bookstore. title: Aziz Ansari Signs Random Copies of His Book at JFK Airport image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Aziz Ansari Goes Rogue, Signs Random Copies of His Book at JFK Airport by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 10:34 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 10:34 PM CUT Shoppers at JFK International Airport may be in for a treat if they pick up a copy of Aziz Ansari’s _Modern Romance_. The _Parks and Recreation_ actor has taken to signing random copies of his new book while waiting to board his flight. > [](https://twitter.com/azizansari/status/620697048854171648) The comedian posted a photo of his activities on Twitter, showing a page where he wrote, “I was bored at JFK + signed this.” _Modern Romance_ is Ansari’s investigation into contemporary dating culture, conducted alongside NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg. [**Read an excerpt here.**](http://time.com/aziz-ansari-modern-romance/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3956550/aziz-ansari-signs-random-books/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3956550/aziz-ansari-signs-random-books/"},"headline":"Aziz Ansari Goes Rogue, Signs Random Copies of His Book at JFK Airport","datePublished":"2015-07-13T22:34:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:13:01.119Z","description":"\"I was bored\"","url":"https://time.com/3956550/aziz-ansari-signs-random-books/","keywords":["Books","aziz ansari"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3956550/aziz-ansari-signs-random-books/","name":"Aziz Ansari Goes Rogue, Signs Random Copies of His Book at JFK Airport"}}]}] ```