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
love-is differences making-a-difference
None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.
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.
love kissing feel-better
He decided then that he would love her forever no matter what came to pass. It was not so much a matter of deciding as accepting the inevitability of it. It made him feel better, though he felt perturbed, too, worried that this kiss was wrong. But from his point of view, at fourteen years old, their love was entirely unavoidable. It had started on the day they'd clung to his glass box and kissed in the sea, and now it must go on forever. He felt certain of this.
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.
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.
block artist paralyzed
I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.
writing way said
Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.