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

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I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life Ive 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

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

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funny
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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

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I wouldnt go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. Its a nasty experience. Youre up there all by yourself. Youre so damn exposed. – Elia Kazan

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Its a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been born. I believe weve come back during this time, those of us who are here now, specifically to experience it. And to cause a quickening of the spirit. – Neale Donald Walsch

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. – John Heywood

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Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think thats ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. – Michael Haneke

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