Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.
George SaundersIt was like either: (A) I was a terrible guy who was knowingly doing this rotten thing over and over, or (B) it wasn’t so rotten, really, just normal, and the way to confirm it was normal was to keep doing it, over and over.
George SaundersI love the idea that more people would read short fiction. I think it's such a humanizing form. It softens the boundaries between people.
George SaundersI remember reading The Bluest Eye when I was a young parent, and something opened in me. That's the highest aspiration.
George Saunders