Corners Quote by George Saunders Download Open image “The story sometimes writes you into a corner.” — George Saunders ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Corners Sometimes Stories Writing
A true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It was useless to try to corner a man who told stories. It was like trying to drink all the water in a lake… — Frederick Schiller Faust Copy Share Image
“There's truly a story on every corner. But still might be a shock, to realize you are just one story walking among millions” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“on short stories: something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing.” — V.S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
No story sits by itself, Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful experience to be reading a story and think you've got things all figured out, and then suddenly, it all goes upside-down… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The stories tend to be what I work on when I'm stuck. Something will just pop into my head and I'll think that's more… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrify their readers. Find out what your story… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
“Story guys are like life highlighters. Your life is all these big blocks of gray text, and then a story guy comes in with… — Mary Ann Rivers Copy Share Image
Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I feel excited about getting older as an actress, too. I think there are some amazing opportunities around the corner and I don't need… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it.' Well there's this girl Crazy… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
If I had to pick favourite parts of Interlagos, I would say the first and last corners. The first corner is really technical and… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
