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
needs addresses modernism
Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.
strong doors years
I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years.
writing advice wells
The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.
american-author awareness cause desire great respect root
The sense that this world is an illusion, that desire is the root of suffering, the awareness of cause and effect-I have a great respect for all that.
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.
fun mean writing
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 – 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.
voice levels certain
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.
people way veteran
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.
heart cedars humans
accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.
fate cedars coincidence
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.
way strange wanted
The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.
yield world complexes
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.
philosophy reflection perspective
To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective