I'm Trying to Keep a Positive Attitude

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"There's something about the last couple of weeks that feels like even the people i've known who were doing a pretty good job of that are getting tired," he says. "It reminds me of it when i i went to cal et the trump ralleys in 20 16, and i went out with this idea that was actually wrong." He adds: "If you insist on clinging to your previous vision, but if you take this as a period when the universe is correcting your ass it' thenit, it's more interesting or exciting".

George Saunders is the author of eleven books. His latest is A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life.

”I really have so much affection for being alive. I really enjoy it. And yet, I’m a little negative minded in a lot of ways too, like I really think things tend to be fucked up. ... To get that on the page—to sufficiently praise the loveliness of the world without being a sap, and also lacerate the world for being so goddamn mean—to do those in the same story would be a great aspiration. And I haven’t gotten there yet.”

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