I see this quality [real interest and joy] in the work of [Pavel] Chekhov, of course, and [Alexei] Tolstoy and really just about any great writer.
I guess: People who are comfortable enough with reality to allow other sorts of realities and other mindsets to just be, and then to regard these with real interest and joy [and the joy appears in the prose quality itself].
![I see this quality [real interest and joy] in the work of [Pavel] Chekhov, of course, and [Alexei] Tolstoy and really just about any great writer.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/george-saunders/i-see-this-quality-real-interest-and-joy-in-the-work-of-pavel-chekhov-of-course-and-alexei-tolstoy-and.jpg)
