What did George Saunders mean by: I don’t mind being criticized intelligently; although I don’t love it. - George Saunders Copy
+ Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Empathy, Feelings, Guilt, 0 - George Saunders
+ The best thing we can bring to any fight is a calm and compassionate mind. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Calm, Fight, Mind, 0 - George Saunders
+ With nonfiction, I go in trying to be really honest about what my preconceptions are. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Honest, Nonfiction, 0 - George Saunders
+ Toni Morrison seems to have a lot of faith in people – that’s what I mean by gentle power. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Gentle, 0 - George Saunders
+ So I may not have had a gothic childhood, but childhood makes its own gothicity. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Childhood, 0 - George Saunders
+ Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Writing, 0 - George Saunders
+ Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Crossroads, Moral, 0 - George Saunders
+ Fiction is open to whoever comes in the door, as long as you come in energetically. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Saunders, Doors, Fiction, 0 - George Saunders
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia