George Saunders Quotes by Lee Klein

Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits posted online…

— Lee Klein

The Internet is perfect for delivering large blocks of text to people throughout the world for free. That's a plus. The downside is the…

— Lee Klein

Having a voice unlike another means you've "found yourself" as a writer.

— Lee Klein

I really wouldn't call a lot of what's online "literature" since that word, to me, refers to a sub-genre of writing that belongs to…

— Lee Klein

The problem with the term "The New Fiction" is that the fiction will inevitably be old. The same could have been said about the…

— Lee Klein

I'm an only child and an American and am wholly in favor of uniqueness of voice in everything, especially music and writing.

— Lee Klein

There's a ton of good art and music and writing out there offline among a ton of trash, and the same goes with what's…

— Lee Klein

The Web ultimately is a medium used by real offline people, and as such, it'll probably be whatever we are.

— Lee Klein

If you want to change things in the USA it's best not to spend all your time writing but to take action against the…

— Lee Klein

Online writing is supplementary, complementary, another part of the whole, something that's only as important as one's investment in it.

— Lee Klein

America's all about the various voices, right? When we all speak with a common voice we verge on fascism, which is militaristic, and fundamentally…

— Lee Klein

Genre categorization is a capitalist (rather than artistic) thing, a symptom of marketing and major-chain bookshelf placement.

— Lee Klein

I don't have a philosophy. I have an instinct. I accept stuff that I like.

— Lee Klein

Artists used to argue about art for art's sake versus social realism etc, and now it's like the most dominate argument is related to…

— Lee Klein