David Guterson Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Well, I think it’s extraordinarily fun to write, and I look forward to it every day, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s easy. There’s a difference between the two. It’s fun in the way all worthwhile things are fun – there’s difficulty attached to it. I think that a writer has to accept a certain amount of frustration. It’s inherent in the task, and you have to simply persevere. It’s part of the definition of the work.

  David Guterson

  Fun, Writing, Mean

• 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.

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  Teacher, Book, Writing

• 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

  Book, Writing, Player

• 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.

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  Falling In Love, Book, Writing

• Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it.

  David Guterson

  Writing, Impact, People

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

  David Guterson

  Writing, Literature, Way

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

  David Guterson

  Writing, My Family

• The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

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  Writing, Advice, Wells

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

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  Writing, College, Class

• 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

  Writing, Inspire, Firsts

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