George Saunders Quotes About Water

Quotes about: Water

• It really was something, to see Ram Bahadur Bomjon, apparently living without food or water. Before I went on that trip I'd asked advice on it from a very wise person who I love and revere - basically trying to see if I was somehow disrespecting Buddhism by trying to write about it, and also looking for some grounding on what stance to take ... and my friend said, "Well, why don't you just go and see?" And I hear that in my head all the time now: "Why don't you go and see?"

  George Saunders

  Wise, Writing, Buddhism

  Source: sojo.net

• [Writing] is almost like those boats that sit really low in the water; they look kind of ugly. And then you get one of them up to 80 miles an hour and the hull comes up, and it's a beautiful thing. I'm okay with that for myself.

  George Saunders

  Beautiful, Writing, Water

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.

  George Saunders

  Character, Order, Rivers

  "George Saunders’s Wild Ride" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. December 12, 2010.

• It really strikes me how much of your energy in America, especially if you're from a working back-ground, is spent just keeping your head above water. It really saps your grace and your strength.

  George Saunders

  America, Water, Grace

• I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

  George Saunders

  Kindness, Simple, Thinking

  "George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.

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