David Guterson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Fiction is socially meaningful.”

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

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