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title: "53 Kind Quotes By George Saunders"
description: "53 Kind quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Kind sayings from other authors."
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> [I think something that I can't name about our media has made us move away from that kind of specificity and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-something-that-i-can-t-name-about-our-media-has-made-us-move/)

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> [You know, you can talk about race, you can talk about sex, you can talk about your biopsy. But when you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-know-you-can-talk-about-race-you-can-talk-about-sex-you-can-talk/)

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> [In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-my-case-when-i-am-trying-to-be-kind-i-often-default-in-a-sort-of/)

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> [I understand what something short should be like. I understand beauty in that form. If I start extending, somehow I kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-understand-what-something-short-should-be-like-i-understand-beauty/)

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> [The idea of inclusion has become kind of a stone that we've passed our hand over so many times that it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-idea-of-inclusion-has-become-kind-of-a-stone-that-we-ve-passed/)

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> [So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/so-many-people-mentioned-this-at-these-rallies-you-go-to-these-things/)

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> [The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-generalizing-writer-is-like-the-passionate-drunk-stumbling-into/)

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> [I watched a bunch of kids movies on Christmas. I was kind of joking with our family by asking, "Is anyone allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-watched-a-bunch-of-kids-movies-on-christmas-i-was-kind-of-joking/)

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> [ The book says \[Lincoln in the Bardo\],"I really need this sci-fi device of a ghost inhabiting another person." You say okay kind… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-book-says-lincoln-in-the-bardo-i-really-need-this-sci-fi-device/)

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> [Art is not some inessential frippery - it is the nation's means of intelligently regarding itself. To cripple or stigmatize the arts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/art-is-not-some-inessential-frippery-it-is-the-nation-s-means-of/)

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> [The one thing fiction and non-fiction writing have in common for me is that sense of trying to get the sentences to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-one-thing-fiction-and-non-fiction-writing-have-in-common-for-me/)

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> [I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-still-believe-that-capitalism-is-too-harsh-and-i-believe-that-even/)

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> [ From the beginning \[of the Lincoln in the Bardo\], I actually had it in mind not to write a novel. I'd kind… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/from-the-beginning-of-the-lincoln-in-the-bardo-i-actually-had-it-in/)

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> [I'm turning 58, and you get that kind of weird, old-guy feeling of you don't have an infinite number of years left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-turning-58-and-you-get-that-kind-of-weird-old-guy-feeling-of-you/)

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> [There were several points where I would kind of turn to the book and say, "Get thee behind me." I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-were-several-points-where-i-would-kind-of-turn-to-the-book-and/)

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> [Whatever happens when we die, it would be really weird if it was what we had expected. Even if you were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-happens-when-we-die-it-would-be-really-weird-if-it-was-what/)

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> [My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/my-general-approach-to-writing-fiction-is-that-you-try-to-have-as-few/)

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> [Now I began to understand art as a kind of black box the reader enters. He enters in one state of mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/now-i-began-to-understand-art-as-a-kind-of-black-box-the-reader/)

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> [I'm not sure I would call it agony but there is a kind of cyclic frustration. You get one story right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-not-sure-i-would-call-it-agony-but-there-is-a-kind-of-cyclic/)

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> [One lesson I learned the hard way, early in my career, was that if I tried to write to be smart or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/one-lesson-i-learned-the-hard-way-early-in-my-career-was-that-if-i/)

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> [I always cheerfully say, "Well, you know, the species is adapting, and whatever it needs to do, it'll do," but I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-always-cheerfully-say-well-you-know-the-species-is-adapting-and/)

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> [In a sense my whole life as a writer is trying to find structural ways, or formal ways, to permit that outflowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-a-sense-my-whole-life-as-a-writer-is-trying-to-find-structural/)

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> [All I really know in nonfiction is that when I come home, I've got all these notes and I'm trying to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/all-i-really-know-in-nonfiction-is-that-when-i-come-home-i-ve-got-all/)

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> [One of the things I noticed about the Trump supporters was a lot of projected fear. I can't tell you how many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/one-of-the-things-i-noticed-about-the-trump-supporters-was-a-lot-of/)

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> [ I think when you see \[Donald\] Trump in person, my reaction is you kind of enjoy it. It's kind of an enjoyable… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-when-you-see-donald-trump-in-person-my-reaction-is-you-kind/)

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> [As a kid, I had a real fascination with perverse, off-color, and kind of risky things, and I also had a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-a-kid-i-had-a-real-fascination-with-perverse-off-color-and-kind-of/)

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> [In the absolute sense - kind of from the God's-eye view - God might feel like, "I made this thing that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-the-absolute-sense-kind-of-from-the-god-s-eye-view-god-might-feel/)

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> [I think when you get to export your creative impulse into something, it kind of lessens that busy energy that can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-when-you-get-to-export-your-creative-impulse-into-something/)

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> [Even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/even-when-the-faith-goes-away-there-s-that-space-where-you-crave/)

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> [It is very easy for us to go, you know, "I am being cruel to be kind," when really we are just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/it-is-very-easy-for-us-to-go-you-know-i-am-being-cruel-to-be-kind/)

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> [The internet kind of feels like happiness sometimes, however. It feels like stimulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-internet-kind-of-feels-like-happiness-sometimes-however-it-feels/)

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> [I know that my only chance at any kind of depth or profundity is to linger within the story, trying to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-know-that-my-only-chance-at-any-kind-of-depth-or-profundity-is-to/)

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> [That's one of the reasons I take a lot of consolation in fiction. You have years to work on it. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/that-s-one-of-the-reasons-i-take-a-lot-of-consolation-in-fiction-you/)

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> [I came to writing kind of late. I was an engineer, and the one thing I've learned is that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-came-to-writing-kind-of-late-i-was-an-engineer-and-the-one-thing-i/)

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> [When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-we-talk-about-adversity-this-is-the-moment-when-character-really/)

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> [It seemed to me, in some way, especially when you're looking back at distant historical events, the "Truth" with a capital "T"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/it-seemed-to-me-in-some-way-especially-when-you-re-looking-back-at/)

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> [ \[Writing\] is almost like those boats that sit really low in the water; they look kind of ugly. And then you get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/writing-is-almost-like-those-boats-that-sit-really-low-in-the-water/)

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> [Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/fiction-is-a-kind-of-compassion-generating-machine-that-saves-us-from-2/)

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> [Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/every-writer-knows-that-when-you-re-imitating-somebody-you-know-you-2/)

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> [There are things that are shadow sides of the creative energy that are negative and all that kind of stuff. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-are-things-that-are-shadow-sides-of-the-creative-energy-that/)

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## Other authors on Kind

## More by George Saunders

> [Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/success-is-like-a-mountain-in-front-of-you-that-keeps-growing-if-you/)

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> [“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/wow-wow-wow-is-all-i-can-say-remember-how-i-always-buy-lunchtime/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/none-of-it-was-real-nothing-was-real-everything-was-real/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-must-see-god-not-as-a-him-some-linear-rewarding-fellow-but-an-it-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/america-to-me-should-be-shouting-all-the-time-a-bunch-of-shouting/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-my-case-when-i-am-trying-to-be-kind-i-often-default-in-a-sort-of/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-your-supposed-politics-are-left-right-if-you-put-it-in-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-clinton-staffer-tells-me-his-theory-think-about-frank-sinatra-he/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-try-we-fail-we-posture-we-aspire-we-pontificate-and-then-we-age/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-were-torturing-a-cat-she-says-with-a-freaking-prod-a-prod-i-built/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/rachel-got-up-and-did-this-happy-little-shuffle-like-she-was-some/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-america-is-to-me-is-a-guy-doesn-t-want-to-buy-you-let-him-not/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-good-the-prophet-in-the-wilderness-may-do-is-incremental-and/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [We're in the transition between birth and death. But the one that people often know about is the transition between the moment of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-re-in-the-transition-between-birth-and-death-but-the-one-that/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-don-t-want-to-be-that-parent-the-one-who-dresses-his-kid-in-a/)

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