Quote by George Saunders
A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that genera

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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The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders

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Fear
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The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and thats where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you dont come home your best self. – George Saunders

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Home
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I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And hes made of sugar. – George Saunders

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Birthday
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If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didnt have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. – Nicolas Cage

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Look, people have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I dont care where it is, when they look at me its not about my intelligence. Its who can I beat up. – Danny Aiello

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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. – Salvador Dali

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A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. – Jose Bergamin

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