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I'm not an urban person.

~David Guterson

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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.

~David Guterson

Topics: Awards Critical Had How How Much Many Matter Much Popular Who Won You

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It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.

~David Guterson

Topics: Brooding Haunts Me Melancholy

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

~David Guterson

Topics: Book Counter Runs Spirit Traditional

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

~David Guterson

Topics: Area Attorney Criminal Criminal Law Father Law Practicing Seattle

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

~David Guterson

Topics: Address Because Dead Human Human Needs Needs

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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.

~David Guterson

Topics: Although Answer Bury Gives How Next None Novels Question React Real Responsibilities Take Three Up Work You Yourself

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Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.

~David Guterson

Topics: Am Author Away Beyond Change Figure Gradually Hide Just Keyboard Made Me Play Pretend Public Public Figure Realization Role Study Tapping Time Together Up Who Woke Words I Am

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

~David Guterson

Topics: Brooding Feel Grasp Interpret Melancholy People Required Serenity Some Some People Time

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

~David Guterson

Topics: Family Me Sustains Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: May 4th, 1956

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