I think people have come to expect that in artistic representation; that every work of art should be a work of extravagant hope.
George SaundersWhatever you love, that will be an influence. It just will. So in effect the young writer's job is: go out and find some stuff to love.
George SaundersThere's this de facto assumption that for something to have value, it has to be economically self-supporting - which imposes a very low ceiling on a culture.
George Saunders