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For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.
— George Saunders
Tags: go, game, me, art

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You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only rampant and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town.
— George Saunders
Tags: parent, game, time, you
That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters.
— George Saunders
Tags: wife, me, life, love
Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain.
— George Saunders
Tags: sum, explain, moments, character
There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity.
— George Saunders
Tags: model, different, more, community
The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim.
— George Saunders
Tags: own, person, mind, people
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