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
who-i-am play together
Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.
children hands together
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it, the closeness of it, had produced in them love s illusion. And yet--on the other hand--what was love if it wasn't this instinct she felt...
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.
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.
cities needs melancholy
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.