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Explore our hand-picked selection of 461 inspiring quotes by George Saunders.

About George Saunders

  • Born: December 2, 1958
  • Occupation: Writer
    • A person supporting [donald]trump likes trump. and i think they would say the same about me.
    Thinking Likes Trump
    The switch that i'd like to throw on is the one that says, "look, you're a human being whose mind is every bit as active as anybody else's. your experiences are just as real." for that matter, even if they're even if they're crazy, they're valid. they occurred in this world so they're valid topics for literature.
    Crazy Real Mind
    I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "i have to accept myself, this is what i am. i can't eradicate my defects. i can work on them."
    Thinking Might Path
    When you do something that's going to speak to people, it's going to be because you're really allowing all of yourself to the table in an accepting way.
    People Tables Way
    I keep thinking of robert stone making the distinction between the word sublime and the word beautiful. he described being in a battle as sublime. because even though people were dying, it was such a huge sensory experience that it became sublime.
    Beautiful Thinking People
    My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond to the energy that the story is making rather than having a big over plan. i think if you have a big over plan, the danger is that you might just take your plan and then you bore everybody. i always joke that it's like going on a date with index cards. you know, at 7:30 p.m. i should ask about her mother. you keep all the control to yourself but you are kind of insulting to the other person.
    Mother Writing Thinking
    I remember reading the bluest eye when i was a young parent, and something opened in me. that's the highest aspiration.
    Reading Eye Young Parents
    There are books that i read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet.
    Book Years Havens
    The one thing about a christmas carol that always bothers me is that cratchit is so sweet and perfect. he's like an ivy league kid who just is labeled "poor." he doesn't have any bad habits. he's never cranky with his kids.
    Sweet Kids Ivy
    I do find the values in a christmas carol significant. it is important not to be mean and stingy and not to give up love for money.
    Giving Up Mean Important
    I was thinking about the legacy of ghosts in fiction, and specifically the moral power of those dickensian ghosts. because a ghost can be a very powerful but also manipulative element.
    Powerful Thinking Legacy
    I knew if i evoked that stuff too easily or gratuitously, as a way of assuaging my fears of not being edgy or whatever, the writing would fall apart. this book [lincoln in the bardo] was going to have to have some earnestness in it.
    Book Fall Writing
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