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
regret heart silence
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.
urban persons
I'm not an urban person.
generations theme endure
I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.
years washington-state plus
I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
thinking share obligation
I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
thinking happy-person really-happy
I think of myself as a really happy person.
fighting used persona
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.
block artist paralyzed
I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.
writing way said
Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.
cities needs melancholy
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.
melancholy brooding
It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
romance nostalgia certain
There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
needs addresses modernism
Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.
real responsibility giving
The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.