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My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.
David Guterson
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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.
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There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
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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.
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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.
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Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.
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I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
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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.
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Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.
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Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
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I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.
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I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.
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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
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