American - Author | May 4, 1956 -
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.
David Guterson
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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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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 think of myself as a really happy person.
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I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
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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 was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
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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'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
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I'm not an urban person.
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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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It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
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