--- title: "26 Reader Quotes By George Saunders" description: "26 Reader quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Reader sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/george-saunders-317_books_i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-i_479452.jpg" --- > [“I was thinking the other day about the idea that you have a reader and a writer, and they’re different and they’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-idea-that-you-have-a-reader/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/george-saunders-317_books_i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-i_479452.jpg) > [I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-tend-to-foster-drama-via-bleakness-if-i-want-the-reader-to-feel/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/george-saunders-317_birthday_i-tend-to-foster-drama-via-bleakness-if_512034.jpg) > [ I believe that, when \[meeting of writer and reader\] happens and the reader goes out into the world the next day, there's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-believe-that-when-meeting-of-writer-and-reader-happens-and-the/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/george-saunders-317_alterations_i-believe-that-when-meeting-of-writer-an_2524233.jpg) > [I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-the-trick-of-being-a-writer-is-to-basically-put-your-cards-2/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/george-saunders-317_books_i-think-the-trick-of-being-a-writer-is-t_2616659.jpg) > [If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-i-can-be-more-efficient-i-m-actually-being-more-respectful-to-the/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/george-saunders-317_books_if-i-can-be-more-efficient-i-m-actually_2770677.jpg) > [ \[In the moment of reading writer and reader\] are both briefly their best selves, or at least better selves. A flawed human… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-the-moment-of-reading-writer-and-reader-are-both-briefly-their/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/george-saunders-317_best-self_in-the-moment-of-reading-writer-and-read_1635082.jpg) > [ The beginning \[of Lincoln in the Bardo\] is strange, and I did a lot of work calibrating that so that a reader… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-beginning-of-lincoln-in-the-bardo-is-strange-and-i-did-a-lot-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/george-saunders-317_beginning_the-beginning-of-lincoln-in-the-bardo-is_3025267.jpg) > [I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-am-always-considering-the-reader-although-this-is-admittedly-kind/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/george-saunders-317_books_i-am-always-considering-the-reader-altho_397206.jpg) > [I was, not an altar boy, but a reader of the Epistle, and I walked in on a nun and a priest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-was-not-an-altar-boy-but-a-reader-of-the-epistle-and-i-walked-in-on/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/george-saunders-317_altar_i-was-not-an-altar-boy-but-a-reader-of-t_288604.jpg) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/george-saunders-317_books_that-s-one-of-the-reasons-i-take-a-lot-o_685441.jpg) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/george-saunders-317_art_now-i-began-to-understand-art-as-a-kind_899082.jpg) > [On a more technical level, a story takes a lot of words. And to generate words and phrases and images and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/on-a-more-technical-level-a-story-takes-a-lot-of-words-and-to/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/george-saunders-317_affection_on-a-more-technical-level-a-story-takes_620742.jpg) > [For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/for-me-the-game-would-be-to-assume-a-very-intelligent-reader-who-can/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/george-saunders-317_art_for-me-the-game-would-be-to-assume-a-ver_334129.jpg) > [When you write an essay, of course you're going to get pushback, but you're going to be allowed to make your case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-write-an-essay-of-course-you-re-going-to-get-pushback-but/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/george-saunders-317_accounts_when-you-write-an-essay-of-course-you-re_226049.jpg) > [To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/to-me-the-writer-s-main-job-is-to-just-make-the-story-unscroll-in/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/george-saunders-317_books_to-me-the-writer-s-main-job-is-to-just-m_517274.jpg) > [There are some things fundamentally off about the stance of the book. And maybe that's okay; maybe every book is flawed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-are-some-things-fundamentally-off-about-the-stance-of-the-book/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/george-saunders-317_agreement_there-are-some-things-fundamentally-off_1518523.jpg) > [Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/early-on-a-story-s-meaning-and-rationale-seem-pretty-obvious-but-then/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/george-saunders-317_mean_early-on-a-story-s-meaning-and-rationale_1841014.jpg) > [As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-far-as-which-writers-embody-this-form-of-gentle-power-tobias-wolff/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/george-saunders-317_books_as-far-as-which-writers-embody-this-form_1571075.jpg) > [When you talk about a reader being emotionally moved, a feeling of empathy, I think that comes out of that line-by-line respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-talk-about-a-reader-being-emotionally-moved-a-feeling-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/george-saunders-317_books_when-you-talk-about-a-reader-being-emoti_537020.jpg) > [The writer, in order to proceed, is theoretically trying to predict where his complex skein of language and image has left his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-writer-in-order-to-proceed-is-theoretically-trying-to-predict/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/george-saunders-317_books_the-writer-in-order-to-proceed-is-theore_82564.jpg) > [As a writer I'm essentially just trying to impersonate a first-time reader, who picks up the story and has to decide, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-a-writer-i-m-essentially-just-trying-to-impersonate-a-first-time/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/george-saunders-317_books_as-a-writer-i-m-essentially-just-trying_2585669.jpg) > [The writer has to make pleasure for the reader - which, I think, is done by taking one's character's seriously and taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-writer-has-to-make-pleasure-for-the-reader-which-i-think-is-done/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/george-saunders-317_books_the-writer-has-to-make-pleasure-for-the_638191.jpg) > [In the moment of reading, the writer comes up to the surface and the reader comes up to the surface and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-the-moment-of-reading-the-writer-comes-up-to-the-surface-and-the/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/george-saunders-317_books_in-the-moment-of-reading-the-writer-come_1470182.jpg) > [When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-read-a-short-story-you-come-out-a-little-more-aware-and-a/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/george-saunders-317_awake_when-you-read-a-short-story-you-come-out_2565170.jpg) > [If you understand writing as primarily engaging an imaginary reader, well, you've kind of been doing that your whole life. You walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-understand-writing-as-primarily-engaging-an-imaginary-reader/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/george-saunders-317_bars_if-you-understand-writing-as-primarily-e_73875.jpg) > [All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/all-storytelling-is-kind-of-that-there-s-a-bit-of-text-that-you-put/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/george-saunders-317_bits_all-storytelling-is-kind-of-that-there-s_932809.jpg) ## Other authors on Reader ## 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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reader/george-saunders/#itemlist", "name": "26 Reader Quotes By George Saunders", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was thinking the other day about the idea that you have a reader and a writer, and they’re different and they’re flawed and they’re fucked-up, each in their own way.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Saunders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-idea-that-you-have-a-reader/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/george-saunders-317_books_i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-i_479452.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/george-saunders-317_books_i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-i_479452.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/george-saunders-317_books_i-was-thinking-the-other-day-about-the-i_479452.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was thinking the other day about the idea that you have a reader and a writer, and they’re different and…” — George Saunders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tend to foster drama via bleakness. 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