#tory

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway. ↗

— George Saunders

#anyway #care #caring #dedicate #happen

Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' ↗

— George Saunders

#back #first #had #i #new

Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. ↗

— George Saunders

#chekhov #ever #greatest #i #lived

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up. ↗

— George Saunders

#early #i #i write #know #meaning

I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is only actualized by the accretion of particular details, and the specificity of these details renders whatever conclusions the story reaches invalid for wider application. ↗

— George Saunders

#against #application #argument #being #conclusions

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#been #birth #democracy #denial #having

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#american history #anti-semitism #awareness #combat #contributions

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#history #necessary #practically #realization #subject

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#hand #hands #history #however #inferior

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#failure #meaningless #possibility #then #victory