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George Saunders quotes: Graduate college, win Pam, get job, make babies, move ahead in job, forget former feeling of special destiny ... Graduate college, win Pam, get job, make babies, move ahead in job, forget former feeling of special destiny ...
George Saunders quotes: Even the nuns went racist after the convent was reappraised and it seemed their pension fund was in jeopardy. Even the nuns went racist after the convent was reappraised and it seemed their pension fund was in jeopardy.
George Saunders quotes: A story is a really weird art object that should contain life but not be enslaved by the banality. A story is a really weird art object that should contain life but not be enslaved by the banality.
George Saunders quotes: Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain. Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain.
George Saunders quotes: Every step was a victory. He had to remember that. Every step was a victory. He had to remember that.
George Saunders quotes: In fact unrestrained capitalism is quite cruel and the cost is on the individual human, on his or her grace. In fact unrestrained capitalism is quite cruel and the cost is on the individual human, on his or her grace.
George Saunders quotes: If you want to explore a political idea in the highest possible way, you embody it in the personal, because that's something that no one can deny. If you want to explore a political idea in the highest possible way, you embody it in the personal, because that's something that no one can deny.
George Saunders quotes: Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.'
George Saunders quotes: In the town where I live, I have frequently observed a phenomenon I have come to think of as Samish-Sex Marriage. In the town where I live, I have frequently observed a phenomenon I have come to think of as Samish-Sex Marriage.
George Saunders quotes: Once again I am only who I am. Once again I am only who I am.
George Saunders quotes: Deer Reeder: First may I say, sorry for any werds I spel rong. Because I am a fox! So don't rite or spel perfect. Deer Reeder: First may I say, sorry for any werds I spel rong. Because I am a fox! So don't rite or spel perfect.
George Saunders quotes: I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person. I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something
dignifies and improves a person.
George Saunders quotes: Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include ... well, EVERYTHING. Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include ... well, EVERYTHING.
George Saunders quotes: I understand what something short should be like. I understand beauty in that form. If I start extending, somehow I kind of lose my bearings. I understand what something short should be like. I understand beauty in that form. If I start extending, somehow I kind of lose my bearings.
George Saunders quotes: So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile. So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile.
George Saunders quotes: Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening. Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening.
George Saunders quotes: Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to do so. Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to do so.
George Saunders quotes: He sent the trained dog that is his talent off in search of a fat glorious pheasant, and it brought back the lower half of a Barbie doll. He sent the trained dog that is his talent off in search of a fat glorious pheasant, and it brought back the lower half of a Barbie doll.
George Saunders quotes: You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod.""A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course you never mention that. You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod."
"A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course you never mention that.
George Saunders quotes: Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances. Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances.
George Saunders quotes: A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief. A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
George Saunders quotes: Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to. Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.
George Saunders quotes: By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions. By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.
George Saunders quotes: My heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love. My heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love.
George Saunders quotes: It's a big world, and I really like it. It's a big world, and I really like it.
George Saunders quotes: If you want your Storys to end happy, try being niser. If you want your Storys to end happy, try being niser.
George Saunders quotes: Though firm, we are never too firm, though we love fun, we never have fun in a silly way that makes us appear ridiculous, unless that is our intent. Though firm, we are never too firm, though we love fun, we never have fun in a silly way that makes us appear ridiculous, unless that is our intent.
George Saunders quotes: Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life.
George Saunders quotes: Got used to being slightly sad! Got used to being slightly sad!
George Saunders quotes: Love, love, I know what you are. Love, love, I know what you are.
George Saunders quotes: I think that fiction has a part to play in urging us, as a species, toward compassion, I think that fiction has a part to play in urging us, as a species, toward compassion,
George Saunders quotes: In spite of the strife the stars were bright as crystal. In spite of the strife the stars were bright as crystal.
George Saunders quotes: Ted, I swear to God, quothe he. Ted, I swear to God, quothe he.
George Saunders quotes: It seems to me that there are certain thoughts and vignettes and attitudes that I have always had the desire to represent. It seems to me that there are certain thoughts and vignettes and attitudes that I have always had the desire to represent.
George Saunders quotes: Absurdism was really just realism seen from close to the bottom. Absurdism was really just realism seen from close to the bottom.
George Saunders quotes: Goodbye. I'm leaving because I'm bored. Goodbye. I'm leaving because I'm bored.
George Saunders quotes: I have plenty of friends," she says."Name one."She looks at me.Which I guess is sort of sweet. I have plenty of friends," she says.
"Name one."
She looks at me.
Which I guess is sort of sweet.
George Saunders quotes: Mr. A calls me into his office and says he's got bad news and bad news, and which do I want first. I say the bad news. Mr. A calls me into his office and says he's got bad news and bad news, and which do I want first. I say the bad news.
George Saunders quotes: I wander cowboy sidewalks of wood, wearing a too-small hat, filled with remorse for the many lives I failed to lead. I wander cowboy sidewalks of wood, wearing a too-small hat, filled with remorse for the many lives I failed to lead.
George Saunders quotes: I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations.
George Saunders quotes: Sometimes with all the teasing his days were subtenable. Sometimes with all the teasing his days were subtenable.
George Saunders quotes: And finally, having lost what was to be lost, my torn and black heart rebels saying enough already, enough, this is as low as I go And finally, having lost what was to be lost, my torn and black heart rebels saying enough already, enough, this is as low as I go
George Saunders quotes: But all that power has culminated in gentleness. It is as if that is the point of power: to allow one to access the higher registers of gentleness. But all that power has culminated in gentleness. It is as if that is the point of power: to allow one to access the higher registers of gentleness.
George Saunders quotes: According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now. According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.
George Saunders quotes: I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don't you think? I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don't you think?
George Saunders quotes: Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word has a big question mark over Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word has a big question mark over it.
George Saunders quotes: Think of how lovely it all could have been had anything gone right, and then I think: Oh heavens, why prolong it, I've no income now. Think of how lovely it all could have been had anything gone right, and then I think: Oh heavens, why prolong it, I've no income now.
George Saunders quotes: So say you are charged with, you and some of your colleagues, lifting a heavy dead whale carcass onto a flatbed. So say you are charged with, you and some of your colleagues, lifting a heavy dead whale carcass onto a flatbed.
George Saunders quotes: So I may not have had a gothic childhood, but childhood makes its own gothicity. So I may not have had a gothic childhood, but childhood makes its own gothicity.
George Saunders quotes: If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the reader. If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the reader.
George Saunders quotes: I'm comfortable with anything after the fact. I'm comfortable with anything after the fact.
George Saunders quotes: He was like the bed at a party on which they pile the coats. He was like the bed at a party on which they pile the coats.
George Saunders quotes: I love the idea that more people would read short fiction. I think it's such a humanizing form. It softens the boundaries between people. I love the idea that more people would read short fiction. I think it's such a humanizing form. It softens the boundaries between people.
George Saunders quotes: I'm fascinated with actors, and I've never quite understood the process. I'm fascinated with actors, and I've never quite understood the process.
George Saunders quotes: Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within. Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within.
George Saunders quotes: Sucess is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it ... Err in the direction of kindness. Sucess is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it ... Err in the direction of kindness.
George Saunders quotes: Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like. Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like.
George Saunders quotes: ...smile first, then speak. ...smile first, then speak.
George Saunders quotes: So, good news/bad news: good news that I'm progressing; bad news that life is short and art is long. So, good news/bad news: good news that I'm progressing; bad news that life is short and art is long.
George Saunders quotes: Our country is big, let us be big. Our country is big, let us be big.
George Saunders quotes: Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such. Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such.
George Saunders quotes: When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need. When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need.
George Saunders quotes: A person supporting [Donald]Trump likes Trump. And I think they would say the same about me. A person supporting [Donald]Trump likes Trump. And I think they would say the same about me.
George Saunders quotes: Because I loved him so and am in the habit of loving him and that love must take the form of fussing and worry and doing. Only Because I loved him so and am in the habit of loving him and that love must take the form of fussing and worry and doing. Only
George Saunders quotes: Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth. Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.
George Saunders quotes: Why were we made just so, to find so many things that happened every day pretty? Why were we made just so, to find so many things that happened every day pretty?
George Saunders quotes: Working with language is a means by which we can identify the bullshit within ourselves (and others). Working with language is a means by which we can identify the bullshit within ourselves (and others).
George Saunders quotes: Which maybe that's what love was: liking someone how he was and doing things to help him get even better. Which maybe that's what love was: liking someone how he was and doing things to help him get even better.
George Saunders quotes: I noticed something: if I put a theme park in a story, my prose improved. I noticed something: if I put a theme park in a story, my prose improved.
George Saunders quotes: I was back to feeling myself which, believe me, is no picnic. I was back to feeling myself which, believe me, is no picnic.
George Saunders quotes: What once were two, are one What once were two, are one
George Saunders quotes: The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties. The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.
George Saunders quotes: There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity. There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity.
George Saunders quotes: I feel that there is nothing that can happen to a person that is banal. Everything that happens to us is interesting. I feel that there is nothing that can happen to a person that is banal. Everything that happens to us is interesting.
George Saunders quotes: Even a Canadian baby with a harelip would be beyond our means. Even a Canadian baby with a harelip would be beyond our means.
George Saunders quotes: World rips kid's guts out World rips kid's guts out
George Saunders quotes: Why sad? Don't be sad. If sad, will make everyone sad. Why sad? Don't be sad. If sad, will make everyone sad.
George Saunders quotes: Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving? Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?
George Saunders quotes: It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore. It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.
George Saunders quotes: As I moved about the room I would encounter that silver wedge of a moon at this window or that, like some old beggar who wished to be invited in. As I moved about the room I would encounter that silver wedge of a moon at this window or that, like some old beggar who wished to be invited in.
George Saunders quotes: All night I have bad dreams about severed hands. In one I'm eating chili and a hand comes out of my bowl and gives me the thumbs-down. I All night I have bad dreams about severed hands. In one I'm eating chili and a hand comes out of my bowl and gives me the thumbs-down. I
George Saunders quotes: He seems to have a passable knowledge of how to pretend to churn butter. He seems to have a passable knowledge of how to pretend to churn butter.
George Saunders quotes: It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it. It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it.
George Saunders quotes: Success makes opportunities and so many of those "opportunities" are actually exemptions - from hardship, from unfriendliness, from struggle. Success makes opportunities and so many of those "opportunities" are actually exemptions - from hardship, from unfriendliness, from struggle.
George Saunders quotes: It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal. It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal.
George Saunders quotes: What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
George Saunders quotes: I'm very happy - if I can do even a little bit of work to get the short story out more, I'm thrilled. I'm very happy - if I can do even a little bit of work to get the short story out more, I'm thrilled.
George Saunders quotes: Don't think of yourself as a surrogate mule, think of yourself as an entrepreneur of the physical. Don't think of yourself as a surrogate mule, think of yourself as an entrepreneur of the physical.
George Saunders quotes: She said America was a spoiled child ignorant of grief. She said America was a spoiled child ignorant of grief.
George Saunders quotes: I like [Barak] Obama. I like him. So how far does rationality help to persuade anybody? You know, I'm not so sure. I like [Barak] Obama. I like him. So how far does rationality help to persuade anybody? You know, I'm not so sure.
George Saunders quotes: We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.
George Saunders quotes: Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up. Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.
George Saunders quotes: Is this the baby?" I said.Ma turned on me again."What do you think it is?" she said. "A midget that can't talk? Is this the baby?" I said.
Ma turned on me again.
"What do you think it is?" she said. "A midget that can't talk?
George Saunders quotes: If you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience. If you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience.
George Saunders quotes: I've always wanted to write energetic, atypical sentences, i.e., sentences that were not normal or bland. I've always wanted to write energetic, atypical sentences, i.e., sentences that were not normal or bland.
George Saunders quotes: I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies. I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies.
George Saunders quotes: What a degraded cosmos. What a case of something starting out nice and going bad. What a degraded cosmos. What a case of something starting out nice and going bad.
George Saunders quotes: Nostalgia is, 'Hey, remember the other mall that used to be there?' Nostalgia is, 'Hey, remember the other mall that used to be there?'
George Saunders quotes: I think something that I can't name about our media has made us move away from that kind of specificity and that kind of curiosity. I think something that I can't name about our media has made us move away from that kind of specificity and that kind of curiosity.
George Saunders quotes: Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived.

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