--- title: "25 Real Quotes By George Saunders" description: "25 Real quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/george-saunders-317_art_i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-s_1603112.jpg" --- > [I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-something-that-but-in-truth/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/george-saunders-317_art_i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-s_1603112.jpg) > [I often wonder if there are certain areas of real life that are roped off, with a sign saying, "Art, don't come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-often-wonder-if-there-are-certain-areas-of-real-life-that-are-roped/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/george-saunders-317_areas_i-often-wonder-if-there-are-certain-area_2738536.jpg) > [Of course there's objective truth, but when we're looking at people's accounts of it, it seems the real truth lies in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/of-course-there-s-objective-truth-but-when-we-re-looking-at-people-s/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/george-saunders-317_different_of-course-there-s-objective-truth-but-wh_3090403.jpg) > [ I see this quality \[real interest and joy\] in the work of \[Pavel\] Chekhov, of course, and \[Alexei\] Tolstoy and really just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-see-this-quality-real-interest-and-joy-in-the-work-of-pavel-chekhov/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/george-saunders-317_chekhov_i-see-this-quality-real-interest-and-joy_1147729.jpg) > [I guess: People who are comfortable enough with reality to allow other sorts of realities and other mindsets to just be, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-guess-people-who-are-comfortable-enough-with-reality-to-allow-other/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/george-saunders-317_comfortable_i-guess-people-who-are-comfortable-enoug_2220701.jpg) > [The one thing I noticed retroactively was that the energy at those Trump rallies was off the charts compared to the Hillary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-one-thing-i-noticed-retroactively-was-that-the-energy-at-those/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/george-saunders-317_bernie-sanders_the-one-thing-i-noticed-retroactively-wa_3225463.jpg) > [Whatever happens, we can deal with it if we admit that it's happening and so on. So to be comfortable with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-happens-we-can-deal-with-it-if-we-admit-that-it-s-happening/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/george-saunders-317_comfortable_whatever-happens-we-can-deal-with-it-if_3168334.jpg) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/george-saunders-317_catholic_as-a-kid-i-had-a-real-fascination-with-p_1837880.jpg) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/it-s-not-fiction-s-job-to-be-photographically-representative-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/george-saunders-317_believe_it-s-not-fiction-s-job-to-be-photographi_215470.jpg) > [A work of art is something produced by a person, but is not that person — it is of her, but is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-work-of-art-is-something-produced-by-a-person-but-is-not-that/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/george-saunders-317_art_a-work-of-art-is-something-produced-by-a_390224.jpg) > [ I'm starting to withdraw from \[technology\] as much as I can. I don't do much of the social media stuff. Like, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-starting-to-withdraw-from-technology-as-much-as-i-can-i-don-t-do/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/george-saunders-317_feels_i-m-starting-to-withdraw-from-technology_1139204.jpg) > [I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-finding-as-i-get-older-that-i-m-not-much-of-a-believer-in/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/george-saunders-317_believe_i-m-finding-as-i-get-older-that-i-m-not_1361215.jpg) > [Reading is a form of prayer, a guided meditation that briefly makes us believe we're someone else, disrupting the delusion that we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/reading-is-a-form-of-prayer-a-guided-meditation-that-briefly-makes-us/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/george-saunders-317_believe_reading-is-a-form-of-prayer-a-guided-med_733158.jpg) > [In real life, when you have an emotional experience, it's never just because of the thing that's been said. There's the backstory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-real-life-when-you-have-an-emotional-experience-it-s-never-just/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/george-saunders-317_currents_in-real-life-when-you-have-an-emotional_2358315.jpg) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/george-saunders-317_behinds_there-were-several-points-where-i-would_665975.jpg) > [Just through the process of trying to make the living and the dead feel real, all these little benefits came out. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/just-through-the-process-of-trying-to-make-the-living-and-the-dead/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/george-saunders-317_believe_just-through-the-process-of-trying-to-ma_1909450.jpg) > [Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably somehow Darwinian. These are: (1) we're central to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/each-of-us-is-born-with-a-series-of-built-in-confusions-that-are/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/george-saunders-317_advice_each-of-us-is-born-with-a-series-of-buil_2114584.jpg) > [One of the inspiring things about Susan Sarandon career is that there's a quality of real fearlessness in it - you seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/one-of-the-inspiring-things-about-susan-sarandon-career-is-that-there/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/george-saunders-317_careers_one-of-the-inspiring-things-about-susan_220374.jpg) > [We've got a real problem with social media that we didn't know we were going to have. It's almost like the demons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-ve-got-a-real-problem-with-social-media-that-we-didn-t-know-we/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/george-saunders-317_boxes_we-ve-got-a-real-problem-with-social-med_2528442.jpg) > [There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-might-be-a-different-model-for-a-literary-community-that-s/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/george-saunders-317_community_there-might-be-a-different-model-for-a-l_1997692.jpg) > [I've had that situation where I start writing somebody really miserable, and in order to make the story come alive, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-ve-had-that-situation-where-i-start-writing-somebody-really/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/george-saunders-317_alive_i-ve-had-that-situation-where-i-start-wr_1975334.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) > [The switch that I'd like to throw on is the one that says, "Look, you're a human being whose mind is every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-switch-that-i-d-like-to-throw-on-is-the-one-that-says-look-you-re/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/george-saunders-317_active_the-switch-that-i-d-like-to-throw-on-is_1690991.jpg) > [ 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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/george-saunders-317_books_from-the-beginning-of-the-lincoln-in-the_3136511.jpg) > [Still, accomplishment is unreliable. "Succeeding," whatever that might mean to you, is hard, and the need to do so constantly renews itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/still-accomplishment-is-unreliable-succeeding-whatever-that-might/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/george-saunders-317_accomplishment_still-accomplishment-is-unreliable-succe_1714923.jpg) ## Other authors on Real ## 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/real/george-saunders/#itemlist", "name": "25 Real Quotes By George Saunders", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it, is 95 percent intuitive, like seat-of-the-pants, at-the-moment decisions that you can't even explain, you know?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Saunders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-something-that-but-in-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/george-saunders-317_art_i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-s_1603112.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/george-saunders-317_art_i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-s_1603112.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/george-saunders-317_art_i-often-think-about-image-and-image-is-s_1603112.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I often think about image, and image is something that - 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