Phrase by 'George Saunders'
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The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterLove , Culture , Fear , Kindness
The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterLove , Words , Enough , Funny
I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterYour , Think , Writing , Style
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.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterLove , You , World , Short
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 to happen to me. I'm interested in it, because if you're not, you're nuts. It's really de facto what we're here to find out about.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterYou , Me , Myself , Death
Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterKnow , Will , Story , Meaning
The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterThink , Way , Mystery , Job
I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely occupied during his creative life - even if some of those might appear contradictory.
Author: George Saunders - American WriterLife , Thought , Creative , Vision
I could actually care less about the poor. We have some living near us, and pee-yew. They are always coming and going to their three or four jobs at all hours of the day and night. Annoying!
Author: George Saunders - American WriterDay , Care , Poor , Night
Nostalgia is, 'Hey, remember the other mall that used to be there?'
Author: George Saunders - American WriterNostalgia , Remember , Used , Mall
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