When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need. George Saunders percentproducewrite Change image and share on social
It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore. George Saunders anymorecutfiction Change image and share on social
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. George Saunders deathfactofind share on social
There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer.' George Saunders desireegofelt share on social
I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society. George Saunders capitalisteffectengineer share on social
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. George Saunders avoidanceawaredeficiency Change image and share on social
There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity. George Saunders communityinvolveliterary Change image and share on social
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way. George Saunders conceptualconnectionfeel share on social
What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other. George Saunders desirefindmappable Change image and share on social
And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course. George Saunders accommodateaspirationbook share on social
