It seems to me that there are certain thoughts and vignettes and attitudes that I have always had the desire to represent.
George SaundersSomeone told me once - I mean I said, "Is it ok that I don't really know what the three-act structure is?" And he said, "It's basically: Act 1: a guy climbs up a tree; Act 2: people come and throw stuff at him; Act 3: he gets down."
George SaundersI sometimes imagine a great writer as a sort of God-surrogate: the writer is doing his or her human-best to emulate what God might think of is, if God was inclined to observe some human beings and present their activities in the form of a narrative.
George SaundersSocial media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.
George Saunders