“ Success is nice because then you don’t have to worry so much about having been unfairly robbed of your very richly deserved success. Success is bad because momentary good fortune can temporarily hide the fact that you are still, despite your success, full of shit.
George Saunders in a wonderful, wonderful interview.
fun fact: a few years ago Halle won the George Saunders haiku contest, and then met him at a party and told him. He loved it.
