One of the principals of composition, I would say, in fiction, is you want to do what you can do a lot of. You want to do what you're enthusiastic about and what rings your bell. In this case, almost every decision I made was on that basis.
George SaundersThe number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness.
George SaundersIt is very easy for us to go, you know, "I am being cruel to be kind," when really we are just ... being cruel. Because it makes us feel big, or whatever.
George Saunders