George Saunders

I think the answer is no.

And I tell my students, you know, if you have ambition, the worst thing you can do is deny it in an attempt to be a good person.

If you took the name off it, it's kind of a love for life.

It's kind of an aspiration to bring out the best in yourself.

It's funny, the state of mind you're in when you're writing, it's like kind of, you can be really beautiful and pure and concept-free, and I'll hit a nice moment in the story, make a nice fix, and a little voice will go, oh, the New Yorker's going to love that, you know?

And then you go, yeah, okay, welcome to the table, now get out of the way, you know?

Hi, Rachel.

So happy to be here with you.

Thanks for having me.

I can't wait to get the big cash prize at the end of the game.

Give me that middle one.

That's calling to me.

The middle one.

Oh, yeah.

The riskiest thing as a teenager.

Flip.

Immediately flip.

I'm going to just contemplate it and go through that.

You stole your parents' car.

See, I'm not sure that really counts unless you sell it.