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The best advice on writing I'v...

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

David Guterson 85 quotes

I write because something inne...

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.

David Guterson 85 quotes

He decided then that he would ...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

To deny that there was this da...

To deny that there was this dark side of life would be like pretending that the cold of winter was somehow only a temporary illusion, a way station on the way to the higher 'reality' of long, warm, pleasant summers. But summer, it turned out, was no more real than the snow that melted in wintertime.

David Guterson 85 quotes

The strange thing was, he want...

The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.

David Guterson 85 quotes

He didn't like very many peopl...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

I know you'll think this is cr...

I know you'll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you'll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.

David Guterson 85 quotes

There are things in this unive...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

I was aware that there is an e...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

I'm a hypocrite, of course, an...

I'm a hypocrite, of course, and I live with that, but I live.

David Guterson 85 quotes

What some people interpret as ...

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

David Guterson 85 quotes

My book is traditional. It run...

My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.

David Guterson 85 quotes

You should learn to say nothin...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

Everybody has a world, and tha...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

At one level you're condemned ...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

accident ruled every corner of...

accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.

David Guterson 85 quotes

A literary achievement of the ...

A literary achievement of the highest order.

David Guterson 85 quotes

Well, I think it's extraordina...

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 Ђ' 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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

Writers shouldn't underestimat...

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.

David Guterson 85 quotes

To persevere is always a refle...

To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective

David Guterson 85 quotes

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