George Saunders
George Saunders
George Saundersis an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children's books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian until October 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 December 1958
CityAmarillo, TX
CountryUnited States of America
praise natural
I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.
unique special
I've found that my first drafts are not so special. But the more I work on them, the better they get. They are more unique and defensible.
kindness thinking blessing
As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a wrong or dull path, and someone else startles them into awareness of that, then that's a blessing. And the method by which the startle is obtained might be anger, or satire, or an intentionally applied indifference. But that is, of course, a fine line.
kindness mean fearless
My understanding of kindness is that we are hoping to be truly beneficial in every situation, and that this desire means a whole suite of things: being nicer, sure, but also being more aware, more present, more articulate, more fearless, less habituated, etc., etc. And sometimes even being firm, or having an edge, or even being angry.
kindness thinking simple
I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.
kindness mean different
"Kindness" can mean a lot of different things. In this case, I felt I had to present his [Donald Trump's] supporters in as fair a light as possible - many of them hadn't been interviewed before and that entailed some interviewer-courtesy in the editing and so on.
breaking good promote time ways
It is not a good way to promote Muncie. There are ways to have a good time without breaking the law.
kindness regret advice
What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
compassion earth reason
Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.
doe helping barak-obama
I like [Barak] Obama. I like him. So how far does rationality help to persuade anybody? You know, I'm not so sure.
tired long curiosity
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.
bigs big-questions incline
Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.
kind form should
I understand what something short should be like. I understand beauty in that form. If I start extending, somehow I kind of lose my bearings.
firsts speak
...smile first, then speak.