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Me Quotes by George Saunders
- I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes.
- The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not…
- Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably somehow Darwinian. These are: (1) we're central to the universe (that…
- Since, according to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving: Hurry up. Speed it along. Start…
- Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They were manifesting as…
- From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not…
- And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it…
- I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the…
- I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way…
- If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested in getting myself to believe that it's going…
- It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the…
- Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when…
- The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I…
- When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me in the same…
- To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right…
- That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
- For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition…
- So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some…
- That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with…
- ...There is no end to the making and selling of things there is no end to the making and selling of things there is no…
- America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please, not…
- 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 has…
- What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and…
- According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale