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David Guterson Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated May 2024
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Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me.
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When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
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When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.
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What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.
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What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
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Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.
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There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
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The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.
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Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.
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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
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My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.
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It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
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It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.
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I'm not an urban person.
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I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
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I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.
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I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts.
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I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
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I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.
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I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
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