David Guterson
David Guterson
David Gutersonis an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the book Snow Falling on Cedars...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 May 1956
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
David Guterson quotes about
meaningful fiction
Fiction is socially meaningful.
impact people culture
Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it.
order achievement highest
A literary achievement of the highest order.
yield world complexes
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.
way strange wanted
The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.
fate cedars coincidence
There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can. . . . Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason.
heart cedars humans
accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.
people way veteran
He didn't like very many people any more, or very many things either. He preferred not to be this way, but there it was, he was like that. His cynicism, a veteran's cynicism, was a thing that disturbed him all the time.
voice levels certain
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.
fun mean writing
Well, I think it’s extraordinarily fun to write, and I look forward to it every day, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s easy. There’s a difference between the two. It’s fun in the way all worthwhile things are fun – there’s difficulty attached to it. I think that a writer has to accept a certain amount of frustration. It’s inherent in the task, and you have to simply persevere. It’s part of the definition of the work.
acclaim american-author critical
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.
american-author awareness cause desire great respect root
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.