Quote by George Saunders
The word funny is a bit like the word love - we dont have enough w

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

Other quotes by George Saunders

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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Experience
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Whatever your supposed politics are – left, right – if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way. – George Saunders

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Politics
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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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Other Quotes from
funny
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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. – Groucho Marx

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funny

And the funny thing is, Ive always been an optimist – its practically a congenital disorder with me. – Molly Ivins

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funny

I also think if youre an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise youre just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line thats not in the commercial they think youre a genius. – Amy Poehler

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funny

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love. – Joe E. Lewis

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funny

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Some music really does suck! – Henry Rollins

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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. – John Adams

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