Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs. David Guterson addressdeadhuman Change image and share on social
When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer. David Guterson classcollegecreative Change image and share on social
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need. David Guterson citymelancholyproduce Change image and share on social
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. David Guterson bookemergeinsist Change image and share on social
It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me. David Guterson broodhauntmelancholy Change image and share on social
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. David Guterson awarebookchallenge share on social
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. David Guterson comparisondongenerally Change image and share on social
When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars. David Guterson afraidbookcase Change image and share on social
I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block. David Guterson artistblockparalyze Change image and share on social
I think of myself as a really happy person. David Guterson happyperson Change image and share on social