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
running book literature
My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.
book writing player
Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.
book successful expectations
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.
teacher book writing
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.
falling-in-love book writing
When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
fictional finally fits history politics return totally
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.
american-author bother decided people share time wonder
People were going to wonder about me, about who I am and what makes me tick, and with time I decided that it didn't really bother me to share that.
regret heart silence
You should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.
urban persons
I'm not an urban person.
generations theme endure
I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
years washington-state plus
I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
thinking share obligation
I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
thinking happy-person really-happy
I think of myself as a really happy person.
fighting used persona
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.