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

— David Guterson

#author #fight #i #into #persona

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. ↗

— David Guterson

#basin #columbia #doors #entire #feeling

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute. ↗

— David Guterson

#cases #commute #growing #growing up #heard

I think of myself as a really happy person. ↗

— David Guterson

#happy person #i #i think #myself #person

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. ↗

— David Guterson

#fictional #finally #find #fits #history

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

#awards #critical #had #how #many

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

— David Guterson

#counter #runs #spirit #traditional

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

— David Guterson

#attorney #criminal #criminal law #father #law

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

— David Guterson

#because #dead #human #human needs #man needs

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

#answer #bury #evade #gives #how