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David Guterson Quotes
Accidents ruled every cornor of the universe except the chambers of the human heart. - David Guterson Quotes
At one level youre condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices. - David Guterson Quotes
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I dont need. - David Guterson Quotes
Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young. - David Guterson Quotes
Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what Im doing, almost as if they are insisting on it. - David Guterson Quotes
Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is. - David Guterson Quotes
Fiction is socially meaningful. - David Guterson Quotes
He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings. - David Guterson Quotes
Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it. - David Guterson Quotes
I became paralyzed as an artist with writers block. - David Guterson Quotes
I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave. - David Guterson Quotes
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that. - David Guterson Quotes
I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years. - David Guterson Quotes
I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didnt want to wear a suit and commute. - David Guterson Quotes
I think of myself as a really happy person. - David Guterson Quotes
I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer. - David Guterson Quotes
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. - David Guterson Quotes
I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years. - David Guterson Quotes
I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldnt find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. - David Guterson Quotes
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. - David Guterson Quotes
Im interested in themes that endure from generation to generation. - David Guterson Quotes
Im not an urban person. - David Guterson Quotes
It doesnt matter who you are, how many awards youve won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim youve had. - David Guterson Quotes
Its a brooding melancholy that haunts me. - David Guterson Quotes
My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit. - David Guterson Quotes
My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area. - David Guterson Quotes
People were going to wonder about me, about who I am and what makes me tick, and with time I decided that it didnt really bother me to share that. - David Guterson Quotes
Post-modernism is dead because it didnt address human needs. - David Guterson Quotes
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. - David Guterson Quotes
The sense that this world is an illusion, that desire is the root of suffering, the awareness of cause and effect-I have a great respect for all that. - David Guterson Quotes
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