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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

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

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer. ↗

— David Guterson

#college #creative #creative writing #decided #i

Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to be martyred, he said: Paul . . . was present, and consented to the death of St. Stephen, and kept their clothes that stoned him to death, and yet be they [Stephen and Paul] now both twain Holy Saints in heaven, and shall continue there friends for ever, so I verily trust and . . . pray, that though your lordships have now here in earth been judges to my condemnation, we may yet hereafter in heaven merrily all meet together, to our everlasting salvation. ↗

— Neal A. Maxwell

#meekness #death

Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me. ↗

— David Guterson

#almost #basis #became #becoming #being

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people. ↗

— Arlo Guthrie

#also #another #challenge #challenges #eagerly

Building walls isn't going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren't the answer between countries, though. ↗

— Arlo Guthrie

#between #building #countries #get #going

There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America. ↗

— Arlo Guthrie

#exploit #finger #just #others #over

We would turn everything into songs in those days. ↗

— Arlo Guthrie

#everything #into #songs #those #turn

One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese. ↗

— Savannah Guthrie

#cheese #could #dedicated #entire #i