David Guterson Quotes
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Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.
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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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There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
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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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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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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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The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs.
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I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
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I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.
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Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.