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David Bergen quotes: At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

David Bergen quotes: Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

David Bergen quotes: That's the novelist's job: to peel back the layers and look underneath.

That's the novelist's job: to peel back the layers and look underneath.

David Bergen quotes: Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.

Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.

David Bergen quotes: The IMPAC is a terribly important award.

The IMPAC is a terribly important award.

David Bergen quotes: Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

David Bergen quotes: Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.

Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.

David Bergen quotes: As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.

As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.

David Bergen quotes: I like characters who are contradictory.

I like characters who are contradictory.

David Bergen quotes: Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.

Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.

David Bergen quotes: You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.

You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.

David Bergen quotes: A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

David Bergen quotes: I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.

I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.

David Bergen quotes: As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

David Bergen quotes: I may not have written the stories that I've written if I hadn't ended up in Niverville. I don't know; I don't know. How can you know?

I may not have written the stories that I've written if I hadn't ended up in Niverville. I don't know; I don't know. How can you know?

David Bergen quotes: I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

David Bergen quotes: I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still seeking the exotic, when I was twenty-one.

I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still seeking the exotic, when I was twenty-one.