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For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain.

Zadie Smith

I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Insight Novelist Political
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
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Interesting People Political
One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it’s always smarter than you are.
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Form Novel Smarter
I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.
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Belief Fun Heterosexuality
The young people have a phrase for this now, which is “slay in your lane.” That’s a very important principle of writing. You have to work out what it is you can’t do, obscure it, and focus on what works.
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Out People Work Writing
The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
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Action Alternatives Lack
Full stories are as rare as honesty.
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Coverage Emotion Full Honesty Story
When I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn’t like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.
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Intimate Writing Young
Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
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Achievement Confuse Honour
The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.
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Edit Secret Simple
Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.
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Rarely Squirrels Tremble
We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention.
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Attention Ignored Something Worthy
Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.
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Incredible Luxury World Writing
Time is how you spend your love.
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Emotion Express Feeling Love Spend
I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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Idea Nostalgic Worry
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.
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Author Define Dictionary Sole

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