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.

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My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.

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What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

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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 grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

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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 didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

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I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

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Fiction is socially meaningful.

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I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

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Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

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I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.

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Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.

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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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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 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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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.

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I think of myself as a really happy person.

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I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.

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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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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

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Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

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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.

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I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

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At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.

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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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