"To me, the process of writing is just reading what I've written and - like running your hand over one of those mod glass stovetops to find where the heat is - looking for where the energy is in the prose, then going in the direction of that. It's an exercise in being open to whatever is there."

-- George Saunders

#Running Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“With this magazine, you could change the 'H' to 'G', it may be funnier and better for sales.”
“Knowing that you're not alone really does make all the difference in the world.”
“The nuclear family must be destroyed... Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process.”
“A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.”
“Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions.”

Source : Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.46, Da Capo Press
“Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.”
“Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.”
“The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck.”

You may also like:

David Foster Wallace
Novelist
George Sanders
Film actor
Herman Melville
Novelist
Karen Russell
Novelist
Kurt Vonnegut
Writer
Lorrie Moore
Writer
Rachel Kushner
Writer
Thomas Pynchon
Novelist
Flannery O'Connor
Writer