--- title: "Best Writer Sayings by George Saunders" description: "90 Writer quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/george-saunders-317_agree_a-writer-writes-what-interests-him-and-w_1226781.jpg" --- > [A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-writer-writes-what-interests-him-and-what-he-can-manage-and-what-he/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/george-saunders-317_agree_a-writer-writes-what-interests-him-and-w_1226781.jpg) > [I'm trying to read/edit my story as if I have no existing knowledge of the story, no investment in it, no sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-trying-to-read-edit-my-story-as-if-i-have-no-existing-knowledge/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/george-saunders-317_books_i-m-trying-to-read-edit-my-story-as-if-i_350427.jpg) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/george-saunders-317_being-smart_one-lesson-i-learned-the-hard-way-early_2452264.jpg) > [From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/from-the-perspective-of-someone-with-two-grown-and-wonderful-kids/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/george-saunders-317_evening_from-the-perspective-of-someone-with-two_2447359.jpg) > [As Flannery O'Connor says, a person can choose what she writes but she can't choose what she makes live. Some people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-flannery-o-connor-says-a-person-can-choose-what-she-writes-but-she/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/george-saunders-317_acoustics_as-flannery-o-connor-says-a-person-can-c_661365.jpg) > [ I sometimes think that I can't do the bigger thing that \[Zadie Smith\] do so beautifully, as in Swing Time, with so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-sometimes-think-that-i-can-t-do-the-bigger-thing-that-zadie-smith/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/george-saunders-317_bigger_i-sometimes-think-that-i-can-t-do-the-bi_3125094.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) > [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/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/george-saunders-317_approach_my-general-approach-to-writing-fiction-i_3208933.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) > [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) ## Other authors on Writer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 229 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 197 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 180 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 166 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 114 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/anne-lamott/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 104 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/haruki-murakami/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 101 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 100 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/terry-pratchett/) - [Jarod Kintz 94 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alberto-manguel-10592.jpg) Alberto Manguel 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/alberto-manguel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 84 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/john-green/) ## 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/writer/george-saunders/#itemlist", "name": "Best Writer Sayings by George Saunders", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. 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