January 12, 2013

Some writerly advice from George Saunders

(via The New York Times Magazine and a girl with a cold, still in her pajamas at 11 a.m. on a Saturday)

"So I took the Radian job, and it was a very liberating thing. If I can provide for [his family], then in my writing time I can be as wild as I want. Having felt that abyss, I basically said, 'O.K., capitalism, I have seen your gaping maw, and I want no trouble with you."

And, from a story of his:

"Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen."

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