For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain.

When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.

He traced the genealogy of the feeling.

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.