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George Saunders Quotes

Whatever you love, that will be an influence. It just will. So in effect the young writer’s job is: go out and find some stuff to love Picture Quote #1

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth Picture Quote #1

When I write I know that I’m going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need Picture Quote #1

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world Picture Quote #1

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 morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters Picture Quote #1

When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn’t see it. He can’t. He’s average and is surrounded by and immersed in the can’t and discourse of the status quo Picture Quote #1

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The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I’m not being clear, exactly, but don’t you kind of feel what I’m feeling? Picture Quote #1

Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to Picture Quote #1

A culture’s ability to understand the world and itself is critical to its survival. But today we are led into the arena of public debate by seers whose main gift is their ability to compel people to continue to watch them Picture Quote #1

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 just one droning glamourous reasonable voice Picture Quote #1

My heart goes out to him. Sort of. Because empathy depends on how you’ve spent your day Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen Picture Quote #1

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Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like Picture Quote #1

It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it Picture Quote #1

Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial Picture Quote #1

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 I responded... sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly Picture Quote #1

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 now Picture Quote #1

The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim Picture Quote #1

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The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness Picture Quote #1

So here’s something I know to be true, although it’s a little corny, and I don’t quite know what to do with it: Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible Picture Quote #1

Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving? Picture Quote #1

My heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love Picture Quote #1

Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you’re not careful, it will take up your whole life Picture Quote #1

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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 of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader’s ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page Picture Quote #1

It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn’t that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that’s actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything Picture Quote #1

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 little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go Picture Quote #1

There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go Picture Quote #1

In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might be, seem to be, two contradictory ideas both expressed at their highest level and just let to sit in the same cage sort of, vibrating. So, I think as a writer, I’m really never sure of what I really believe Picture Quote #1

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn’t eradicate the reality of the suffering. It’s all true at once, kind of humming and sublime Picture Quote #1

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Whatever you love, that will be an influence. It just will. So in effect the young writer’s job is: go out and find some stuff to love (George Saunders Quotes) Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth (George Saunders Quotes) When I write I know that I’m going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need (George Saunders Quotes) When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world (George Saunders Quotes) 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 morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters (George Saunders Quotes) When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn’t see it. He can’t. He’s average and is surrounded by and immersed in the can’t and discourse of the status quo (George Saunders Quotes) The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I’m not being clear, exactly, but don’t you kind of feel what I’m feeling? (George Saunders Quotes) Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to (George Saunders Quotes) A culture’s ability to understand the world and itself is critical to its survival. But today we are led into the arena of public debate by seers whose main gift is their ability to compel people to continue to watch them (George Saunders Quotes) 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 just one droning glamourous reasonable voice (George Saunders Quotes) My heart goes out to him. Sort of. Because empathy depends on how you’ve spent your day (George Saunders Quotes) Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen (George Saunders Quotes) Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like (George Saunders Quotes) It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it (George Saunders Quotes) Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial (George Saunders Quotes) 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 I responded... sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly (George Saunders Quotes) 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 now (George Saunders Quotes) The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim (George Saunders Quotes) The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness (George Saunders Quotes) So here’s something I know to be true, although it’s a little corny, and I don’t quite know what to do with it: (George Saunders Quotes) Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible (George Saunders Quotes) Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving? (George Saunders Quotes) My heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love (George Saunders Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader’s ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page (George Saunders Quotes) It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn’t that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that’s actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything (George Saunders Quotes) 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 little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go (George Saunders Quotes) There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go (George Saunders Quotes) In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might be, seem to be, two contradictory ideas both expressed at their highest level and just let to sit in the same cage sort of, vibrating. So, I think as a writer, I’m really never sure of what I really believe (George Saunders Quotes) I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn’t eradicate the reality of the suffering. It’s all true at once, kind of humming and sublime (George Saunders Quotes)

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