It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
As a fiction writer, one of things you learn is God lives in specificity. You know, human kindness is increased as we… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
To me that really would be the essence of kindness, to have one's awareness so developed and refined that you could tell… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“If we’re going to become kinder, that process has to include taking ourselves seriously—as doers, as accomplishers, as dreamers. We have to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Then I'm a paunchy guy in a room, with a note pinned to his sleeve: "You were alone in the world," it… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
"Kindness" can mean a lot of different things. In this case, I felt I had to present his [Donald Trump's] supporters in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, EVERYTHING. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Do all the other things, of course, the ambitious things — travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“[P]eople think of compassion as, like, kindness. The image comes to mind of some nice New Age guy bending to something with… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“never appeared ugly to me, for his face, beaming with boundless kindness and benevolence towards mankind, had the stamp of intellectual beauty.” — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it... Err in the direction of kindness. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
My understanding of kindness is that we are hoping to be truly beneficial in every situation, and that this desire means a… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving: Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Do all the other things, the ambitious things-travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes...but as… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
![“"Kindness" can mean a lot of different things. In this case, I felt I had to present his [Donald Trump's] supporters in as fair a light as possible - many of them hadn't been interviewed before and that entailed some interviewer-courtesy in the editing and so on.” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cea/george-saunders-317_cases_kindness-can-mean-a-lot-of-different-thi_892260.jpg)
![“[P]eople think of compassion as, like, kindness. The image comes to mind of some nice New Age guy bending to something with a look on his face like he’s about to cry. And I don’t think that’s it. I think of it more as a quality of openness that comes with being in a state of unusual attentiveness.” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/513/george-saunders-317_attentiveness_p-eople-think-of-compassion-as-like-kind_1295518.jpg)
