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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. ↗

— David Guterson

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Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need. ↗

— David Guterson

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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. ↗

— David Guterson

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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. ↗

— David Guterson

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I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years. ↗

— David Guterson

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Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out there with my grandmother, didn't want to get away from around her too far. ↗

— Muddy Waters

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Fiction is socially meaningful. ↗

— David Guterson

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Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it. ↗

— David Guterson

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I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that. ↗

— David Guterson

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I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. ↗