George Saunders Quotes

Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I've learned to never rule anything in or out.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.

I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.

That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

I'm excited to see what comes my way, see what I'm interested in next, and just see what happens.

I never rule anything out, you never know what's to come.

I've learned it's important to never lock yourself down into one thing - you need to remain fluid and open to all possibilities.

In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.

I feel open to anything.

Whenever offers come my way, if I connect with it, then I am completely open to it.

I'm open to making any kind of music, or maybe making no music ever again. That's also an option, always. Who knows what'll happen.

I think that cynicism is the enemy. Cynicism thinks it knows how things work. "Oh yeah, you know how that works." I think uncertainty is the thing you have to keep embracing. You have to keep saying, I actually don't know, and going out is going to tell me something every time.

I do like people who have not yet made up their minds about everything, who in fact are still receiving