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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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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When I was a kid, I took The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family very seriously. It was a world to me in the same way that the Greek myths would have been had I read them. You know, Marcia is Athena and Mr. Brady is Zeus. – George Saunders

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Family
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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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Intelligence
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Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind. – Gerald Jampolsky

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Experience

Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didnt have that experience. – Hillary Clinton

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Experience

All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it. – Samuel Johnson

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Experience

The reward of suffering is experience. – Harry S. Truman

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Experience

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The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences. – Sherwood Eddy

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I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends houses. I like places where theres stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. – Jewish Proverb

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