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David Guterson quotes: Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

David Guterson quotes: My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

David Guterson quotes: It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.

It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.

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

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

David Guterson quotes: Fiction is socially meaningful.

Fiction is socially meaningful.

David Guterson quotes: People appeared enormously foolish to him. He understood that they were only animated cavities full of jelly and strings and liquids.

People appeared enormously foolish to him. He understood that they were only animated cavities full of jelly and strings and liquids.

David Guterson quotes: [H]e had this view of things - that most human activity was utter folly, his own included, and that his existence in the world made others nervous.

[H]e had this view of things - that most human activity was utter folly, his own included, and that his existence in the world made others nervous.

David Guterson quotes: I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

David Guterson quotes: Oh, to be young. To still be one's own hero.

Oh, to be young. To still be one's own hero.

David Guterson quotes: my religion is home and all that attends it.

my religion is home and all that attends it.

David Guterson quotes: I think of myself as a really happy person.

I think of myself as a really happy person.

David Guterson quotes: The prospect of death in autumn, she said, was irrelevant next to its happy recognition of its participation in the life of the tree itself.

The prospect of death in autumn, she said, was irrelevant next to its happy recognition of its participation in the life of the tree itself.

David Guterson quotes: Losing is like knowing that, in the movie scene where a thousand die but the hero lives, you're one of the obliterated.

Losing is like knowing that, in the movie scene where a thousand die but the hero lives, you're one of the obliterated.

David Guterson quotes: There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.

There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.

David Guterson quotes: My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.

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

David Guterson quotes: Everybody knows what God is,' said his mother. 'You feel what God is, don't you?

Everybody knows what God is,' said his mother. 'You feel what God is, don't you?

David Guterson quotes: Today and in a good winter mood, someone not subject to seasonal affective disorder, someone with a generous

Today and in a good winter mood, someone not subject to seasonal affective disorder, someone with a generous

David Guterson quotes: When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

David Guterson quotes: The place felt sinister, though. Your imagination can get the better of you where a road ends against a forest.

The place felt sinister, though. Your imagination can get the better of you where a road ends against a forest.

David Guterson quotes: It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

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

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

David Guterson quotes: He hoped it would snow recklessly and bring to the island the impossible winter purity, so rare and precious, he remembered fondly from his youth.

He hoped it would snow recklessly and bring to the island the impossible winter purity, so rare and precious, he remembered fondly from his youth.

David Guterson quotes: I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.

I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.

David Guterson quotes: I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

David Guterson quotes: I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

David Guterson quotes: There were guys who prayed at Tarawa,' said Ishmael. 'They still got killed, Mother. Just like the guys who didn't pray. It didn't matter either way.

There were guys who prayed at Tarawa,' said Ishmael. 'They still got killed, Mother. Just like the guys who didn't pray. It didn't matter either way.

David Guterson quotes: The rain fell with such fervor that the world disappeared.

The rain fell with such fervor that the world disappeared.

David Guterson quotes: Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.

Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.

David Guterson quotes: What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

David Guterson quotes: I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

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

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

David Guterson quotes: I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.

I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.

David Guterson quotes: A literary achievement of the highest order.

A literary achievement of the highest order.

David Guterson quotes: The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred.

The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred.

David Guterson quotes: Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.

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

David Guterson quotes: Tell the truth,' Nels said. 'Decide to tell the truth before it's too late.

Tell the truth,' Nels said. 'Decide to tell the truth before it's too late.

David Guterson quotes: Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

David Guterson quotes: That the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty

That the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty

David Guterson quotes: To acclimate students to misery under the rubric that so doing prepares them for life is a cynical notion - and a horrifying one.

To acclimate students to misery under the rubric that so doing prepares them for life is a cynical notion - and a horrifying one.