Might Quotes by George Saunders

I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely…

— George Saunders

In the absolute sense - kind of from the God's-eye view - God might feel like, "I made this thing that has…

— George Saunders

Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to…

— George Saunders

I believe that, when [meeting of writer and reader] happens and the reader goes out into the world the next day, there's…

— George Saunders

There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity.

— George Saunders

I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "I have to accept myself, this is what I…

— George Saunders

Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to…

— George Saunders

He was a father. That's what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful…

— George Saunders

If you start with the idea that you are going to be writing about a night in a graveyard, and that there…

— George Saunders

All of this strife on the political front might just be the death throes of another set of [less-honorable] American beliefs, that…

— George Saunders

There are some things fundamentally off about the stance of the book. And maybe that's okay; maybe every book is flawed, and…

— George Saunders

With non-fiction writing I feel like I'm confined and driven by what actually happened. That makes the "plot". So it's a process…

— George Saunders

My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of…

— George Saunders

I sometimes imagine a great writer as a sort of God-surrogate: the writer is doing his or her human-best to emulate what…

— George Saunders

Still, accomplishment is unreliable. "Succeeding," whatever that might mean to you, is hard, and the need to do so constantly renews itself…

— George Saunders

As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a…

— George Saunders

I say yes to the hot bath and the sandwich - to getting ourselves into the best possible mental shape to identify…

— George Saunders

I might take from the current political chaos a desire to somehow reflect its essential qualities in a story - the blatant…

— George Saunders

The only thing I might have noticed [and this is pretty anecdotal] is that there is some tendency to need to be…

— George Saunders

My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond…

— George Saunders

In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other…

— George Saunders

It's a little like packing for a trip. First you lay out everything that might possibly be useful, with no thought about…

— George Saunders

With fiction, and also with nonfiction that you can take your time doing, you have a much better chance of reaching across…

— George Saunders