I sometimes think that I can't do the bigger thing that [Zadie Smith] do so beautifully, as in Swing Time, with so much world in it and so much rapturous paint thrown around. I don't think it would be possible to write a book on that scale with as much OCD as I have.
![I sometimes think that I can't do the bigger thing that [Zadie Smith] do so beautifully, as in Swing Time, with so much world in it and so much rapturous paint thrown around. I don't think it would be possible to write](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/george-saunders/i-sometimes-think-that-i-cant-do-the-bigger-thing-that-zadie-smith-do-so-beautifully-as-in-swing-time.jpg)