On Writing

“For me, writing a book is not about knowing something and then conveying it. It’s certainly not about getting away with something. It’s a…

On Writing
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“For me, writing a book is not about knowing something and then conveying it. It’s certainly not about getting away with something. It’s a struggle with something so difficult that it takes all of my resources, and some I didn’t previously know about. Mostly, I don’t know what it’s a struggle with — that’s what I’m trying to find out. And the struggle is not triumphal; it’s just intense.”

— George Saunders

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