Quote by George Saunders
We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a characte

We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – George Saunders

Other quotes by George Saunders

Im finding, as I get older, that Im not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life – redemption does happen, and its cool when it does – but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own). – George Saunders

Category:
cool
Read Quote

The word funny is a bit like the word love – we dont have enough words to describe the many varieties. – George Saunders

Category:
funny
Read Quote

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. – George Saunders

Category:
Intelligence
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Experience
category

Ive had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy. – Elizabeth Edwards

Category:
Experience

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we wont forget them. – Joyce Meyer

Category:
Experience

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought thats the way theyre done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to. – Orlando Bloom

Category:
Experience

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings Ive had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works. – Ken Blanchard

Category:
Experience

Random Quotes

I dont find Hollywood interesting, so Im thinking of studying architecture instead. – Hayden Christensen

Category:
architecture

If weve learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue. – George Bush

Category:
Virtue

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death. – Walt Whitman

Category:
Death

The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Category:
Truth