George Saunders Quotes

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway.

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1958

Topics

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We began in indies, and maybe we'll make another smaller film again sometime.

Joe Russo

FilmMakeSometimeAgainSmaller

I remember as a kid, my mom had to trade canned food to buy my brother and me chocolate because we were living in Serbia at the time, and there were sanctions. If I catch myself complaining about going to a red carpet event, I say, 'Shut up.'

Andreja Pejic

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I don't usually think of my writing as a 'challenge' because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid 'writer's block' all these years.

Melody Carlson

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I'm a huge closet Mariah Carey fan - she's got one of the best voices probably ever.

Anderson East

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It's interesting now; with social media, you are actually interacting with fans.

Andie MacDowell

Social MediaInterestingMediaYou

I saw 'Sleeping Beauty' when I was, like, 6 years old at the Mercury Theatre. Then, when I came to Disney, I was in the company of these wonderful artists. People like Glen Keane, like Mark Henn, who were brilliant animators who could really bring these things to life.

John Musker

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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.

John Updike

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I hate being tan.

Stephen Malkmus

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When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodThinkCriticismYouLookWant

The first thing to be said about 'Prague Winter,' former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's new book, is that she very wisely chooses to confront early on in it her apparent surprise at learning late in life that she was born Jewish.

Michael Korda

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I was a librarian in a city school.

Luke Harper

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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

Christopher Hitchens

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